Behind the creative process from the trivial, mundane, to the.. hmmm well just ideas rattling around in there Along with works in progress of some of my Paintings, Sculpture and "Drarwrings" So C'mon in my studio sniff the paint and enjoy..
Saturday, January 17, 2009
What the hell ART!!!!
I was watching the Colbert report online last night and he interviewed Sheppard Fairey. I thought to myself hmmmm now that name sounds familiar. Then it came to me "OBEY" and along with that thought came " OH NO noNONONONONNONONONO NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!
The interview was about the Unofficial "Official" Poster. And how he says that he is a "criminal" but would like to extend his support by acting on his own and "creating" the now "in"famous poster
( this is the most "..." I have used in a whole)
then I started thinking.. Hey isn't this the same guy who PLAGIARIZED anti-establishment posters? It seems that his artistic philosophy is somewhat ironic. Whole idea behind his "creations" is about how we get comfortable with the establishment and that we must "OBEY" -
I have been to one of his shows and it makes me wonder, with all the anti-establishment and anti-consumerism works on the wall most of the people there seemed like drones wearing "OBEY" jackets, shirts and trucker hats- it seems that Mr. Fairey frees people from an an establishment only to be locked in by HIS version of establishment where he he tells people to dress themselves- very similar to North Korea doesn't it? Not convinced with my own opinion of his art I came upon a very interesting article;
Obey Plagiarist Shepard Fairey
A critique by artist Mark Vallen
http://www.art-for-a-change.com/Obey/index.htm
A very interesting insight to the artist's works and also a validation of what I have expressed.
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