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What is Shepard Fairey’s piece called “Not One More”?
Artist Statement
NOT ONE MORE 18 x 24 inch screen print. Signed by Shepard Fairey and Ernesto Yerena. Numbered edition of 450. $45. This variation on the print Shepard Fairey and I first created with Zack de la Rocha and Marco Amador pays homage to migrants whose courage, sacrifice, and activism is helping to write the next chapter of civil rights history. We are once again partnering with the National Day Laborer Organizing Network (NDLON), and all the proceeds from the sale of this print will be re-invested in its Art/Work. For decades, U.S. immigration policy has broken the social contract and given way to the most ugly politics of fear and scapegoating. Migrants’ labor is accepted, but their humanity is denied. In addition to unprecedented deportations and mass criminalization, a war of attrition has been waged seeking to force immigrants out by making them miserable. Those who fought back have used artistic expression as a means of self-defense. We owe a debt of gratitude to this generation of immigrants, who in fighting for their own individual emancipation, defended national values and paved a path, often literally, for the country’s future. This year, millions of immigrants will breathe easier due to changes in deportation policy won by immigrant rights leaders, but millions more find themselves left out and further marginalized. “We must not allow the rights of some to come at the expense of others,” said Pablo Alvarado, executive director of NDLON. “All immigrants deserve equality.” Just as it did with its AltoArizona campaign, NDLON is asking artists to once again submit their own works calling for #Not1More deportation. NDLON will use its resources to disseminate these pieces and close the gap between so-called “deserving” and “undeserving” immigrants. Let’s continue envisioning and working towards the ultimate goal: a country without deportations! #Not1More Deportation is the goal. Help us achieve it by supporting this work! -Ernesto Yerena
Summary
Not One More is a 2015 screen print, 24 x 18 inches, signed by Shepard Fairey and Ernesto Yerena in a numbered edition of 450 at $45, published by Obey Giant. It is a variation on a print Fairey and Yerena first created with Zack de la Rocha and Marco Amador, made in partnership with the National Day Laborer Organizing Network (NDLON), with all proceeds reinvested in its Art/Work program. The image honors migrants and immigrant-rights activism, aligning with the #Not1More campaign against deportations and calling for equality for all immigrants.
Why It Matters
Not One More is a strongly documented example of Fairey's collaborative, movement-embedded activist printmaking. The source ties it to the #Not1More Deportation campaign and the National Day Laborer Organizing Network, with all proceeds reinvested in NDLON's Art/Work, making it a fundraising instrument rather than a standalone collectible. The dual signature of Fairey and Ernesto Yerena, and its lineage from an earlier collaboration involving Zack de la Rocha and Marco Amador, place it within a network of artists and organizers working on immigrant rights. The accompanying text frames migrants as authors of "the next chapter of civil rights history" and quotes NDLON's executive director Pablo Alvarado on equality for all immigrants, giving the piece an explicit political program. For collectors who value Fairey's civil-rights and human-rights work, this print is a concrete artifact of a specific organizing campaign, with a named beneficiary, named collaborators, and a documented message. Its accessibility and cause-driven structure make it meaningful well beyond decorative appeal.
Collector Perspective
This print speaks to collectors centered on Fairey's civil-rights, immigrant-rights, and collaboration work, and to supporters of the #Not1More campaign and NDLON. The dual Fairey-Yerena signature appeals to those who track multi-artist editions, and the documented charitable structure suits buyers who want art tied to direct activism. At $45 with an edition of 450, it is accessible and well suited to a politically themed wall or a collection organized around social justice. Its lineage from the earlier de la Rocha and Amador collaboration adds depth for collectors who follow the broader artist network around immigrant-rights printmaking.
Historical Context
Released January 13, 2015, Not One More sits within Fairey's mid-2010s arc of explicitly activist editions made in partnership with organizing networks. The source roots it in an earlier collaboration with Ernesto Yerena, Zack de la Rocha, and Marco Amador, and ties it to NDLON's ongoing #Not1More Deportation campaign and its earlier AltoArizona effort. By directing all proceeds to NDLON's Art/Work, the print continues Fairey's pattern of using editions as fundraising tools for partner organizations. The work reflects the period's intensifying debate over U.S. immigration and deportation policy, positioning Fairey and Yerena's image within a coordinated artist-and-organizer response. It belongs to Fairey's broader body of civil-rights and human-rights work that frames contemporary struggles as part of an ongoing rights history.
FAQ
Who signed Not One More?
Per the source, the print is signed by Shepard Fairey and Ernesto Yerena. It is described as a variation on a print the two first created with Zack de la Rocha and Marco Amador, and was produced as a numbered edition of 450.
Where did the proceeds go?
The source states the work was made in partnership with the National Day Laborer Organizing Network (NDLON), and that all proceeds from the print's sale were reinvested in NDLON's Art/Work program supporting immigrant-rights organizing.
What is the message of the print?
The print pays homage to migrants and their activism, aligning with the #Not1More Deportation campaign. The accompanying text calls for equality for all immigrants and quotes NDLON's Pablo Alvarado: "We must not allow the rights of some to come at the expense of others."
What are the print's specifications?
It is an 18 x 24 inch screen print, signed and numbered in an edition of 450, priced at $45 and published by Obey Giant. It was released January 13, 2015.
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About the Artist
Shepard Fairey (b. 1970, Charleston, South Carolina) is an American street artist, graphic designer, and activist, and a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design. His 1989 “André the Giant Has a Posse” sticker grew into the global OBEY GIANT campaign — an ongoing experiment in propaganda, obedience, and visual culture. He reached worldwide recognition with the 2008 “Hope” portrait of Barack Obama, now held by the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery. Across screen prints, stencils, murals, and collage, Fairey channels propaganda aesthetics toward themes of peace, justice, environmentalism, and civil rights. His work is in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, the Victoria & Albert Museum, and LACMA.