obey saks
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http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/0…
so Sheppard fairey did bags and advertising for Saks 5th ave recently.. i'm a fairey fan but this shit is not only fucking hideous but it's a real sell out to downplay mass marketing and corporations in your art and then design a line of fucking shopping bags for Saks... jeeezus.
- Mimio0
My only art is selling out.
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Wiit
- sublocked0
how many times will this be posted on QBN today........?
- Eight.TheBlueOne
- ok, i'm counting......sublocked
- what about the 10 post rule b4 the right answer, then its 10 threads or bust!!epill
- Mimio0
You are what you eat.
- ********0
oooops, my bad, still sucks.
- sall good, my link broke at least yours works
silentseven
- sall good, my link broke at least yours works
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Barbara Kruger did this in Selfridges several years ago with her "I shop, therefore I am" slogans etc.
I was mortified.
Fairey doing it doesn't really surprise me.
- You gave a little bit of yourself away there.Jnr_Madison
- I'm not sure which bit but...Jnr_Madison
- note to self: Be more guarded. Up the defences.********
- acescence0
i would like to presented with an opportunity to sell out
- flashbender0
The guy loves money, what's wrong with that?
Maybe he's a big fan of irony too.
- Jnr_Madison0
Sheppard Irony.
- ********0
so say, if van gogh were still alive (and potentially still a famous painter) and he created the new pepsi brand it'd be okay because he loves money?
do any of you have any integrity at all?
- well that is just a dumb question. of course we don't. we are here to sell shit to EVERYONE!lvl_13
- newsflash! Fairey is not an artist.flashbender
- joeth0
His work used to be interesting. Now he's a bigger whore than any of us. The Saks stuff is somewhat ironic/thought provoking, but that will be lost on anyone who actually shops at Saks. Maybe that's the beauty of it. But to me, I just look at that and think about the bag and bags of cash he probably got for doing it.
Shit, maybe he really needed to cash in on his Obama success though. Not a bad move. Like Phelps cashing in on endorsements after the Olympics. That shit can't last forever, so you might as well get paid while you can.
- acescence0
well, van gogh wasn't famous while he was alive, so if someone offered him a bunch of cash i wouldn't fault him for that.
i believe it was the immortal words of xhibit, who said "my baby daughter can't eat your respect."
- ********0
there are better ways of making money acescence.
look at what SF's actions are doing to his reputation within THIS community... much less the real art world. i don't think any amount of money is worth being known as a sell out piece of shit.
- newsflash! He's not an artist.flashbender
- Kinda harsh don't you think?Mimio
- jfletcher0
omg, he's making a living... NOOOOOO
- do you really feel that way? he was making a living before. this is different and if you don't see that, i don't care what you think.********
- do you really feel that way? he was making a living before. this is different and if you don't see that, i don't care what you think.
- moveinspace0
Yeah gotta make money. Keep it going Shepard so my posters I own of yours keep going up in value.