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Shepard Fairey’s “The Future is Unwritten” was commissioned by the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation.

NY Times: Shepard Fairey, the influential street artist who last month designed an invitation for an Occupy Wall Street party in Times Square, is once again unfurling the income equality banner, this time to raise money for the homeless. The Robert Rauschenberg Foundation selected Fairey to inaugurate its Artist as Activist series; 100 signed prints of the new Fairey poster, “The Future is Unwritten,” is available for purchase at artnet.com/auctions, starting at $1,250. Almost all of the proceeds benefit the nonprofit organization Coalition for the Homeless, which provides soup kitchens and job training for destitute New Yorkers. Fairey said that his poster references Depression-era styles like Art Deco, and that its title comes from Joe Strummer of the Clash, whom he called “a dedicated advocate for the working class.”