http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andre_the_Giant_Has_a_Posse
This artwork was created as a joke and used by skaters and graffiti artists all over the world. It was altered to become other paintings, such as OBEY Giant. It lists former pro wrestler Andre the Giant as 7'4" and 520 lbs, although he was 7' and 400 lbs. It was joke directed towards skater culture and rap artists. The painting is basically saying fear him because he has a posse behind him.
The subject of this painting is Andre the Giant and his posse. It wants people to be afraid of him or look at it as a joke, which was the initial intention.
Some questions I would ask are:
What made you pick Andre the Giant?
What inspired this work of art?
Who is his posse?
Why did you direct it towards rap artists and skaters?
Andre's posse is the rappers and the skaters.During this time skateboarding and rap was growing around this time. People, well mostly white people didn't like people who either rapped or rode a skateboard.
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