Shepard Fairey Demands Obedience
- Posted by: Andrew Price
- on April 14, 2008 at 9:10 pm
A young graphic artist named Baxter Orr, who has been making parodies of Shepard Fairey’s “Obey Giant” prints, recently received his own, original, Fairey piece: a cease and desist letter. Shepard is accusing him of copyright infringement.
Orr’s art doesn’t appeal to us, but given Shepard’s history of lifting designs himself, this looks like a selective and self-serving application of copyright law on his part.
Shepard has issued an explanation, saying that “A gross over-simplification of the situation could lead a lazy person to think that I’m a hypocrite for pursuing Orr because, in basic terms, we both use reinterpreted appropriated imagery.” A careful person might think that, too.
Your thoughts?
Via C-Monster.
DISCUSSION: 3 Comments
Initially, Fairey’s C&D sounds like hypocritical bunk. But when you read Fairey’s statement, written in his own words rather than legalese, it holds up, at least for me.
OBOMBANATION…A NOSTALGIC REMINISCENCE
BY CURT HAMMOCK
From the quill of one man.
Is Beauty only skin deep?
Take a Chance on a blazon trail ?
Oh infatuated nation;
The change chatter Proclamation
All MEN are created Equal
Men are inspired by Words
But Emotion over Reason
Or Inspiration over perspiration?
Clearly Obama’s WRIGHT is wrong
Compassion must trump color allegiance
Tears of poverty constant
Media Bias clear as Ice
Hype is the culprit
The focus the chains
Remember the power of nature
The recitation of sacrifice
Endurance the foundation
The tolerance of woman
Again-All Men are created equal
All knowledge comes from pain
And what of our children
No Child born is punishment
Time does not alter the blessing
Faith demands Parity Allegiance
Not by Blind faith-leap
Time, tested, and true
Behind every successful man…
The tribulation of the Womb-man
Men, the tides have changed
Espouse the inevitable parity
Hang loose you say?
Beware of the rip I say!
Pierce the words & dilatory dissolutions
Time tested and true blue
All men are created equal…
Suspect is the female
Laudable, subvert sexism
The verdict—a Village
Shepard Fairey is going to be featured in a new movie called Beautiful Losers! I heard a lot of great things about this movie and Im definiatly going to see it. Check out the trailer on thier website:
http://www.beautifullosers.com