The Cajun Boy: Shepard Fairey, the artist who created the iconic Obama "Hope" poster, on the Charlie Rose Show

Wednesday, February 04, 2009

Interesting interview...

Anonymous said...: Long time reader, first time commenter... Interesting, yet as someone who also tries to make a living with art, I have a hard time listening to Fairey talk about his art with a straight face. I have trouble respecting him... He and his clothing company "Obey" are seemingly guilty of blatantly ripping off anonymous artists and taking credit for their work without any acknowledgment of the original artists. While that means nothing for his political convictions, it does, to me, take away from his credibility a bit.. Check out these articles, if interested:

http://www.art-for-a-change.com/Obey/index.htm

and

http://www.justseeds.org/blog/2007/12/a_response_to_obey_plagiarist_1.html; 1:00 PM
Patricia said...: I heard him in a radio interview, and he is very articulate, but like anon above said, he is a flagrant plagiarist. That makes me write him off my list. And since I am a big Obama supporter, I am disturbed that it is Fairey's art that represents Obama.; 3:28 PM
The Cajun Boy said...: @anon & patricia...i had no idea that there'd been any charges of plagiarism aimed at fairey. thanks for the links/insights.; 4:42 PM
Delta said...: I logged on just to post the art for a change link and here it is already!; 2:59 PM