Raise the Level — artwork #10158 by Obey (Shepard Fairey) · Amsterdam, Netherlands
graffiti hand peace typography calligraffiti collab
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Born on February 15, 1970 in Charleston, USA, Shepard Fairey (Obey) is now a major artist of the street art movement, rising to prominence in the early 1990s through the dispersion of posters, stickers, and murals, related to his seminal Obey Giant campaign, which yielded an international cultural phenomenon. Expanding on the legacies of artists such as Keith Haring and Andy Warhol, F…
Niels 'Shoe' Meulman is a Dutch artist born in 1967 in Amsterdam, regarded as one of the founding figures of European graffiti. He started writing in 1979 under the name SHOE, and joined the 1980s international circuit alongside Dondi White, Rammellzee and Keith Haring, hosting them during their European visits. In 2007 he founded the Calligraffiti movement, a fusion of Western calligraphy and st…
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Added 19/05/2026
A collaborative monumental mural of 14 × 14.8 metres painted in August 2023 on the façade of STRAAT Museum, in the former NDSM shipyard in Amsterdam, by Shepard Fairey (Obey peace hand, banner backgrounds), Niels 'Shoe' Meulman (Calligraffiti lettering 'Handle with Care / In the Name of Humanity / Harmony') and writer Yalt (wildstyle at the base). The piece is commissioned by the museum and carries a political message of peace and collective harmony.
The artwork Raise the Level is of type graffiti. You can admire it in the city of Amsterdam in Netherlands, more precisely here: STRAAT Museum, NDSM-Plein 1, 1033 WC Amsterdam.
This graffiti is also tagged as: hand, peace, typography, calligraffiti, collab.
Find all artworks by the artists who contributed to its creation by clicking on their name: Obey (Shepard Fairey), Niels Shoe Meulman
The photo was published on 19-05-2026 by an unknown hunter.
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