To curate our group, we spoke with artists and insiders (Roger Gastman, Shepard Fairey, Steve Lazarides) to help narrow down a list.

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Los Angeles-based street artist Shepard Fairey is the man behind the design.

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When Shepard Fairey was a student at the Rhode Island School of Design in the late 1980s, a friend asked him how to make a stencil.

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He has a stunning piece by street artist Shepard Fairey.

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Much of the tale concerns a Frenchman named Thierry Guetta, who began by filming such street artists as Space Invader and Shepard Fairey and then, in a moment of wild optimism, decided to join their ranks.

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It was the iconic Shepard Fairey poster.

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