Can an artist really claim you can't resell their posters on eBay? I like most of the OBEY work, and I like art that's at an affordable price, but it seems like that's trying to pretend capitalism doesn't exist.
Fairey actually believes that. While pumping out an art print a week. Which he only art directs - other people, mostly interns, do the actual production work.
The best part of being a Shepard Fairey fan: I never have to feel bad if I steal design ideas.
What, no Rope, Elope, and Cope?
Or SLOPE; for the economy, y'know.. ;)
not to forget mope, tope and misanthrope
I tried to do one for Rope based off of this picture...
Then I realized that doing something called Rope in the style of something for a black candidate might have negative connotations and dropped it.
You should've taken Tuco, from Good, Bad / Ugly.
This collection is just screaming for one with RopeADope with a picture of Muhammad Ali
Who is the bottom-right guy captioned with 'a new hope' please?
http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=%22a+new+hope%22
Ohh, I couldn't tell that was Luke Skywalker because of the darkness of the hair. I am bad at facial recognition sometimes.
but you are doing so well at the Turing test otherwise.
Can an artist really claim you can't resell their posters on eBay? I like most of the OBEY work, and I like art that's at an affordable price, but it seems like that's trying to pretend capitalism doesn't exist.
Fairey actually believes that. While pumping out an art print a week. Which he only art directs - other people, mostly interns, do the actual production work.
They can claim anything they want, but absent a contract they can't enforce it.