» Obey Plagiarist Shepard Fairey
Huge illustrated list of the iconic images Shepard Fairey ripped off from other art.
“I’ve never seen any evidence indicating Fairey can draw at all.”
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Huge illustrated list of the iconic images Shepard Fairey ripped off from other art.
“I’ve never seen any evidence indicating Fairey can draw at all.”
Um, read this. I kind of hate Shepard Fairey now.
I’ve followed Fairey for almost twenty years, since his RISD days, and I can tell you a) he doesn’t “make millions,” and...
So would this guy consider Banksy a plagiarist?
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Was, then, Andy Warhol a plagiarist in his celebrity series? One of the most iconic series of the 20th century in art,...
I’m with you up til the point where a dude makes millions, becomes more famous than his influences, and publicly denies...
Wait, someone’s up in arms that the guy whose entire career was launched on the repurposed image of Andre the Giant has...
When I was younger, I totally dug the Obey stuff. And when he did the Obama poster, I thought he was pretty well within...
Art, like fashion, is theme and variation, not copyright and ownership, so I don’t think plagiarism or theft is a...
Ironically, I came across this diatribe the same day I started reading Pale Fire. I’m no S.F. fan, but if this is...