Obey (Shepard Fairey), Underworld Revolution AC HPM, silkscreen print and collage paper on LP cover, 30.5x30.5 cm, 2010

Underworld Revolution AC HPM is a silkscreen print and paper collage, executed on an LP (vinyl) cover, by the American street artist Shepard Fairey, also known as Obey.

The work looks exactly like a record cover: this recalls Obey's great connection with the world of music and his great interest in the singers he portrays in many of his subjects.

From an elegant pattern rendered in the colours beige and black emerges in the centre, outlined by a circle, the figure of a man, presumably a rock singer. He is holding an electric guitar in which the words 'Obey' appear at the top. The singer is dressed typically as a rock musician: a top hat on his head, jacket with skull-shaped buttons and the inevitable cigarette in his mouth, but above all his long hair and his proud, almost saccharine stance.

What may not immediately catch the eye is the musician's hand, particularly the one holding the guitar, which is actually a skeleton. In this work, the artist's mark appears in no fewer than four places: at all ends, below the skulls framed by a star inside a circle, the faces of André the Giant are clearly visible. The work is dated 2010, signed at the bottom right and numbered in a limited edition of only eight pieces.