The Royale Bar and Grill, Tavern and Restaurant

Young Democrats of Greater St. Louis invite you to the unveiling party for three Obama Campaign Billboard sized paintings on the exterior of the Royale Food and Spirits Saturday July 19th from 4p-10pm.

Richard Rodriguez has created a series of 9 foot by 6 foot paintings based on the print artist Shepherd Fairey’s renderings of the Barack Obama presidential campaign posters: Hope, Change and Progress. See the set here.

Here is more about Shepherd Fairey from the Washington Post’s article on the guerilla nature of his work:
Who knows how many do-it-yourself reproductions of Fairey’s Obama have been scanned off the Internet. “I have no idea. I think a lot,” says the artist, who put the image on the Web in a downloadable file. “I’ve seen it on stencils, fliers, shirts, Web sites, places we had nothing to do with.” Copyright infringement? No, no, no. “This is exactly what I wanted to happen.” This isn’t a limited-edition print. It’s unlimited. He charged $25 to $45 for the first runs of 950 posters, to pay for the printing of the all the rest, which were free. Fairey says he hasn’t made a dime off Obama nor does he think he has unfairly glommed onto the candidate.

Richard Rodriguez created these paintings “to do my small part to get Obama elected president….”

What: Obama Royale!
Where: The Royale Food and Spirits
3132 South Kingshighway
Saint Louis, MO 63139
www.theroyale.com
314-772-3600
When: Saturday July 19 4pm-10pm

Steven Fitzpatrick Smith
Proprietor
The Royale Food & Spirits
3132 South Kingshighway
STL, MO 63139
314-772-3600

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