among many monday morning resolutions (de-activate fakecrack, call the boys’ orthodontist, buy hippy dogfood) I promised myself that I will not post endless & inane Obams tidbits.. this however had to be done.
Interesting to think about the implications of Shep Fairey’s iconic Obama image: Shep must now rank as one of the most seen contemporary artists, I also think he is probs one of the most admired contemporary artists: his work looks great, its out on the street for free, or easily affordable as posters, t-shirts & stickers. He is demonstrating an artistic democracy which must have the art marketeers petrified, I heard Damien Hirst had his factory workers installing spot paintings on bus stops and Sarah Lucas was seeing if her Penetralia exhibit could be mass-produced into an arty dildo gift set.
Tags: contemporary art, obama, shep fairey
November 11, 2008 at 12:06 am |
That image, and variations thereof, is for sale on t-shirts all over union square (& other areas of nyc, i would imagine). My guess is that Shep is not seeing dime 1 from any of it. Perhaps he doesn’t care. Perhaps he does.
November 11, 2008 at 4:51 pm |
well yes, I think you are probs right – Shep donated the Hope image to the Obama campaign & now they are flogging a limited edition poster with that image embelliished with ” we did it” I know Shep’s making enough dough to satisfy his sub-hirstian artist’s money lust, I can imagine him being completely unfased by the appropriation, espec as he is a street artist… Clanc charged me with the fro-hope being racist, but he didn’t go far defending his position..