tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30618809.post4925084379000177868..comments2023-11-22T01:09:46.040-08:00Comments on myartspace>blog: Obama’s Obedient Artist: Is Shepard Fairey a Farce?Brian Skibahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03707398699208090454noreply@blogger.comBlogger59125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30618809.post-23791069364425408312009-05-27T19:27:20.645-07:002009-05-27T19:27:20.645-07:00"Our lives begin to end the day if we become silen..."Our lives begin to end the day if we become silent about things that matter."-Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.<br /><br /><br /> Community work is rooted in its collective voice as there are many heroic voices in our community who are critics, writers and artists who have identified, joined and shared in critically questioned the work of Shepard Fairey. In our of time of great Economic Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30618809.post-47172003610373882222009-03-03T06:22:00.000-08:002009-03-03T06:22:00.000-08:00It seems like Fairey sees something he likes, eats...It seems like Fairey sees something he likes, eats it up, and regurgitates it. Period.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30618809.post-92115242345726809722009-02-20T21:47:00.000-08:002009-02-20T21:47:00.000-08:00Shepard Fairey is not street artists. If he was he...Shepard Fairey is not street artists. If he was he would be with the Buk 50, MSG, and 28 crews.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30618809.post-27869098589392083762009-02-17T10:59:00.000-08:002009-02-17T10:59:00.000-08:00I keep reading these liberal art critics comparing...I keep reading these liberal art critics comparing Shepard Fairey to Andy Warhol, Jeff Koons, and Richard Prince. Reading their words you know that they don't even know who Shepard Fairey is and that they are commenting in support of him because it is popular to do that. Heaven forbid one of them muster enough courage to go against the Obama wackos in Chelsea or Boston. I think it is stupid to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30618809.post-53230554832769778282009-02-01T18:09:00.000-08:002009-02-01T18:09:00.000-08:00People discuss Shepard Fairey during copyright deb...People discuss Shepard Fairey during copyright debates because of the history of copyright infringement allegations surrounding his career. True, his fame and the fact that he is covered by the media almost daily does make him a target for debate-- especially with artists who are passionate about copyright protection. However, we see that same kind of passion with issues involving politicians-- Balhatainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08812426376810899256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30618809.post-53558413393373232092009-02-01T15:54:00.000-08:002009-02-01T15:54:00.000-08:00What ever happened to being an eccentric artist wi...What ever happened to being an eccentric artist with your own ideas about how you want things done? Wow is there one big pity party going on here. So the rebel artist throws his weight behind something he apparently has some faith in and now he's a sellout. Its pretty easy to go over his actions on this level of success and attention with a fine toothed comb. To take offense at something while Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30618809.post-41561857115517263442009-02-01T15:49:00.000-08:002009-02-01T15:49:00.000-08:00I gotta question about fair use. Under fair use I ...I gotta question about fair use. Under fair use I can only see the artist using criticism or social comment to defend the use like they have to critique something or comment on something don’t you have to let the viewer of the art know what you are critiquing or commenting on? If the image itself is not widely known the viewer will not know that you are being critical or commenting on it. With Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30618809.post-70376857401471810082009-01-23T09:53:00.000-08:002009-01-23T09:53:00.000-08:00Anon said, “so tell us how an artist can paint Oba...Anon said, “so tell us how an artist can paint Obama's face without getting a copyright infringement? None of us can get close enough to take a good photo. it's a dilemma many artists are facing rignt now!”<BR/><BR/>There is a difference between painting or drawing from photographs and printing the photo off for direct use within the work. If I printed off an image of one of your works and used Balhatainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08812426376810899256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30618809.post-84563496365980897252009-01-23T09:08:00.000-08:002009-01-23T09:08:00.000-08:00so tell us how an artist can paint Obama's face wi...so tell us how an artist can paint Obama's face without getting a copyright infringement? None of us can get close enough to take a good photo. it's a dilemma many artists are facing rignt now!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30618809.post-34836913034957795642008-12-29T09:42:00.000-08:002008-12-29T09:42:00.000-08:00So-called street artists like Shepard Fairey are t...So-called street artists like Shepard Fairey are tools of the power mongers in the US. His media driven art is nothing more than a bourgeoisie-sponsored rebellion. Honest rebellion does not involve lining pockets with wealth. Shepard Fairey is the lap dog of a President to be who is already proving himself to be a liar like Bush. He is smart though because he is already speaking out against ObamaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30618809.post-24700537901340781082008-12-29T09:22:00.000-08:002008-12-29T09:22:00.000-08:00Some of the views of the Splasher. This group view...Some of the views of the Splasher. This group views artists like Shepard Fairey as tools for changing poor neighborhoods into places for the wealthy. <BR/><BR/>"Gentrification: Let's Give the Artist a Hand." It accuses the artist-class of being a tool of property establishment-- a tool used to redevelop a neighborhood before it's given part and parcel to the rich, at the expense of the poor Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30618809.post-71534477988497976842008-12-23T08:51:00.000-08:002008-12-23T08:51:00.000-08:00“Please use common sense and consideration when ap...“Please use common sense and consideration when applying stickers or other propaganda materials. Giant is designed to provoke thought about the mechanics of the system we live in...not to destroy it."<BR/><BR/>this was placed when i dissed his nyc walls and he claimed that he cant control how people use his stickers or stencils.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30618809.post-45616660075233400092008-12-23T08:37:00.000-08:002008-12-23T08:37:00.000-08:00I don't know if he was the official campaign artis...I don't know if he was the official campaign artist for Obama or not. Some sources say so while other don't. In some articles Shepard states that he is but lately he says he was not. So it is very confusing. <BR/><BR/>Obama did send Shepard a letter of thanks and his campaign did advise on poster changes and other issues. So I guess you could say that he was working for the Obama campaign in an Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30618809.post-20061824940323461882008-12-22T04:29:00.000-08:002008-12-22T04:29:00.000-08:00I've researched the Mederos issue and I'm always s...I've researched the Mederos issue and I'm always surprised to find people defend Shepard by saying he made a mistake. That is pretty big mistake to make don't you think? Even grade school kids know that it is not good to copy off the other guy. Shepard is hardly innocent. It goes to show how visual art is different than music even though they are very much the same. If Shepard was a musician his Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30618809.post-18247915576730491432008-12-11T14:46:00.000-08:002008-12-11T14:46:00.000-08:00Anon, my job is to report on art and to interview ...Anon, my job is to report on art and to interview artists. Fairey's staff gave me the run around for over a year concerning an interview with him. They dodged me. Why? Because I'm known for asking tough questions at times and I don't allow people to dodge answers by saying "but I give money to charity" and crap like that as he has done. Shepard Fairey, based on my experience, is a coward. I know Balhatainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08812426376810899256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30618809.post-57747062206451791892008-12-11T11:28:00.000-08:002008-12-11T11:28:00.000-08:00Everytime an artist gains a certain amount of succ...Everytime an artist gains a certain amount of success, people like you line up to take their shots. Why don't you try to create something rather than tear something down. It's easy to sit back and criticize from your computer, but what have you accomplished? If Fairey was not an important artist and had he not made significant contributions to street art you wouldn't have written this and no one Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30618809.post-7129383364696057472008-12-09T14:21:00.000-08:002008-12-09T14:21:00.000-08:00Brian, you really nailed this guy. I'm a fan of Sh...Brian, you really nailed this guy. I'm a fan of Shepard regardless. But I will say that he has never mentioned your piece on his site. Normally he will make a post about stuff like this in order to detract it. So maybe he is avoiding this because you are dead on?<BR/><BR/>I like Shepard's work but I don't agree with him not supporting copyright laws. He is a hypocrite as you say because he has Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30618809.post-81303456547345541402008-11-25T21:04:00.000-08:002008-11-25T21:04:00.000-08:00“One of the reasons I started my clothing line was...“One of the reasons I started my clothing line was because I went into an Urban Outfitters and they were bootlegging my star logo on T-shirts. To see it in there, just ripped off, was definitely upsetting to me, because I was still totally broke at the time. And the reason I get pissed off about stuff like that is because I didn't build up the resonance for that image just to hand it off to Balhatainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08812426376810899256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30618809.post-2277812065686133622008-11-25T20:49:00.000-08:002008-11-25T20:49:00.000-08:00"Fairey works with familiar, iconic images"Yeah, s..."Fairey works with familiar, iconic images"<BR/><BR/>Yeah, some of them are very familiar-- in Cuba. In order for an artwork to be considered parody or social commentary the general population in the area in which it is presented must have some working knowledge of what is being communicated about the work from which it is based. Thus, altering/manipulating obscure images does not apply with thatBalhatainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08812426376810899256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30618809.post-57526074760946493972008-11-25T17:58:00.000-08:002008-11-25T17:58:00.000-08:00Crissakes. Fairey works with familiar, iconic imag...Crissakes. Fairey works with familiar, iconic images. His style is something of a meta-commentary. This quality may be mostly obscured for most viewers of the images by the commercialization of his style and especially in the election the fetishization of Fairey/Obey as both aesthetically cool and ideologically correct, but that's how the intersection of taste and late capitalism works. Fairey's Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30618809.post-64240850597871834772008-11-24T22:23:00.000-08:002008-11-24T22:23:00.000-08:00Then..is there any good Obama Art out there? how c...Then..is there any good Obama Art out there? how come the smithsoniam is thinking of acquiring one fairey piece for 75,000?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30618809.post-75420278508887674722008-11-06T00:10:00.000-08:002008-11-06T00:10:00.000-08:00I like Shepard. Love his work. But I did not know ...I like Shepard. Love his work. But I did not know that he ripped off other people like this. Kinda lame.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30618809.post-4885074500173534322008-10-08T12:54:00.000-07:002008-10-08T12:54:00.000-07:00Furthermore, if Fairey would be up front and hones...Furthermore, if Fairey would be up front and honest about the artists he has 'borrowed' from and perhaps help to make them more known by including a section for them on his website I would not have such a problem with him. Instead, he waits until being "busted", as he puts it, before coming forward. <BR/><BR/>If he was honestly giving "props", as he has suggested, to artists and specific works Balhatainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08812426376810899256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30618809.post-66236451855064313422008-10-08T12:25:00.000-07:002008-10-08T12:25:00.000-07:00Everyone keep it civil. Marsr3, it is true that Sh...Everyone keep it civil. Marsr3, it is true that Shepard Fairey is a working artist, but he is also an artist who has violated the work of others. His practice should be questioned by anyone who supports international copyright laws.<BR/><BR/>Fairey admits to his theft when caught. Instead of theft he calls it "borrowing" and laughs about how he hopes that things go easy-- as in no lawsuits-- if Balhatainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08812426376810899256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30618809.post-82178353689045621162008-10-08T12:16:00.000-07:002008-10-08T12:16:00.000-07:00This is the message that Obama sent to Shepard Fai...This is the message that Obama sent to Shepard Fairey, “Dear Shepard,” the candidate writes. “I would like to thank you for using your talent in support of my campaign. The political messages involved in your work have encouraged Americans to believe they can help change the status quo. Your images have a profound effect on people, whether seen in a gallery or on a stop sign.” <BR/><BR/>Why is Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com