Wow, this guy Shepard Fairey is shameless
“Most well known for his ‘Obey Giant’ street posters, Shepard Fairey has carefully nurtured a reputation as a heroic guerilla street artist waging a one man campaign against the corporate powers-that-be. Infantile posturing aside, Fairey’s art is problematic for another, more troubling reason - that of plagiarism.”
Obey Plagiarist Shepard Fairey, A critique by artist Mark Vallen
Written on the occasion of Fairey’s Los Angeles solo exhibition, Dec., 2007.
My respect and admiration for Mark Vallen grows every time he posts. And, yes, even things in the public domain have to be credited properly. It’s only right.
Mark Vallen is simply trying to jumpstart his go-nowhere career by bashing someone who actually HAS one. It’s a time-honored tradition among the second-rate and failing. The fact that he passed out literature– including HIS OWN ART– amongst those standing in line at Fairey’s show ought to tell you he’s simply an opportunist out to raise his own profile. If he were truly interested in constructive dialogue he would have picked up the phone and made the local call to Fairey to ask him about it. Then, if he wasn’t satisfied with the answers– or at least wanted to include them– he could have offered up the other side of the coin. Instead, he posted a shrill call of “Look at Me!” in hopes of selling a few more canvases of his Jr. High caliber artwork. Pretty sad, really.
Comment by admonkey — December 6, 2007 @ 10:38 am
Obviously the person that commented previously is in the Obey camp. Dude cut and pasted his comment from another blog.
Obey is a fugazi. If I want real shit I’ll look at an art history book or buy a Fuct design.
Obey = tasteless first year graphic design students and rural people.
Comment by G147 — December 10, 2007 @ 9:06 pm