Comments on: Art World Shocker: Shepard Fairey Bites http://www.complex.com/blogs/2007/12/05/art-world-shocker-shepard-fairey-bites/ Buy. Collect. Obsess. The original buyer's guide for men. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 06:34:23 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Vat http://www.complex.com/blogs/2007/12/05/art-world-shocker-shepard-fairey-bites/comment-page-1/#comment-12369 Vat Mon, 22 Sep 2008 15:07:01 +0000 http://www.complex.com/blogs/2007/12/05/art-world-shocker-shepard-fairey-bites/#comment-12369 Fairey does contradict himself often. One moment he says his work is 100% original and the next he admits stealing images only after he is exposed. He then says he wants to give political artist from the past props but does not inform people about them or the images he ripped from until after he is exposed. He claims that anyone who questions his work is just jealous or that they should not question him because he has made so much money for charity. He hides behind charity! He gets made when his message is exploited by Walmart and other companies but he does not mind stealing from other artists with a message. He gets mad when people make a profit selling his prints because it violates his message, but he does not care if he violates the message of other artists. He is a hack radical, a hack artist, and he follows hack politics. Obama steals from obscure speeches without giving credit and Fairey steals from obscure works of art without giving credit. Match made in heaven. Fairey does contradict himself often. One moment he says his work is 100% original and the next he admits stealing images only after he is exposed. He then says he wants to give political artist from the past props but does not inform people about them or the images he ripped from until after he is exposed. He claims that anyone who questions his work is just jealous or that they should not question him because he has made so much money for charity. He hides behind charity! He gets made when his message is exploited by Walmart and other companies but he does not mind stealing from other artists with a message. He gets mad when people make a profit selling his prints because it violates his message, but he does not care if he violates the message of other artists. He is a hack radical, a hack artist, and he follows hack politics. Obama steals from obscure speeches without giving credit and Fairey steals from obscure works of art without giving credit. Match made in heaven.

]]> By: Vat http://www.complex.com/blogs/2007/12/05/art-world-shocker-shepard-fairey-bites/comment-page-1/#comment-12368 Vat Mon, 22 Sep 2008 15:00:59 +0000 http://www.complex.com/blogs/2007/12/05/art-world-shocker-shepard-fairey-bites/#comment-12368 Admonkey, Fairey does not always pick up his phone or answer his email as this art writer and critic points out. The guy contacted Fairey in 2007 and off and on during 2008 just to get a run around and no real response. I don't think Fairey wants to answer for his crimes while he is riding the Obama wave or he would not avoid that interview. See below. www.myartspace.com/blog/2008/09/obamas-obedient-artist-is-shepard.html Admonkey, Fairey does not always pick up his phone or answer his email as this art writer and critic points out. The guy contacted Fairey in 2007 and off and on during 2008 just to get a run around and no real response. I don’t think Fairey wants to answer for his crimes while he is riding the Obama wave or he would not avoid that interview. See below.

http://www.myartspace.com/blog/2008/09/obamas-obedient-artist-is-shepard.html

]]> By: Vorx http://www.complex.com/blogs/2007/12/05/art-world-shocker-shepard-fairey-bites/comment-page-1/#comment-11968 Vorx Sun, 31 Aug 2008 17:23:28 +0000 http://www.complex.com/blogs/2007/12/05/art-world-shocker-shepard-fairey-bites/#comment-11968 I don't think the intention for that articles matters one way or the other. Regardless of Vallen's intention it is obvious that Shepard Fairey has indeed stolen the art of others and DOES play ignorance when called out on it. He has actually walked out of interviews with given those tough questions from what I've read. So if anyone is a hack Shepard is! I won't buy the new Smashing Pumpkins album just because Shepard did the art for it. I also now question the intentions of Billy Corgan for involving himself with a hack like Shepard Fairey. How can Shepard get upset that people are using his Obama image for their own 'art' when he has made a career out of borrowing ideas and images? I don’t think the intention for that articles matters one way or the other. Regardless of Vallen’s intention it is obvious that Shepard Fairey has indeed stolen the art of others and DOES play ignorance when called out on it. He has actually walked out of interviews with given those tough questions from what I’ve read. So if anyone is a hack Shepard is! I won’t buy the new Smashing Pumpkins album just because Shepard did the art for it. I also now question the intentions of Billy Corgan for involving himself with a hack like Shepard Fairey. How can Shepard get upset that people are using his Obama image for their own ‘art’ when he has made a career out of borrowing ideas and images?

]]> By: toopuck http://www.complex.com/blogs/2007/12/05/art-world-shocker-shepard-fairey-bites/comment-page-1/#comment-9398 toopuck Wed, 16 Apr 2008 00:27:30 +0000 http://www.complex.com/blogs/2007/12/05/art-world-shocker-shepard-fairey-bites/#comment-9398 Appropriate that Sean pulled his thumb out of his ass to write his comment on April Fool's Day. Aren't you too busy plotting the overthrow of democratic governments over chai lattes while complaining about being poor and struggling to surf the web? How's your trust fund holding up? Appropriate that Sean pulled his thumb out of his ass to write his comment on April Fool’s Day.

Aren’t you too busy plotting the overthrow of democratic governments over chai lattes while complaining about being poor and struggling to surf the web?

How’s your trust fund holding up?

]]> By: Sean S. http://www.complex.com/blogs/2007/12/05/art-world-shocker-shepard-fairey-bites/comment-page-1/#comment-9207 Sean S. Tue, 01 Apr 2008 15:36:43 +0000 http://www.complex.com/blogs/2007/12/05/art-world-shocker-shepard-fairey-bites/#comment-9207 The funny thing, all the comments above have been copied and pasted across numerous blogs about this controversy. Evidently even his supporters can't write original statements. The funny thing, all the comments above have been copied and pasted across numerous blogs about this controversy. Evidently even his supporters can’t write original statements.

]]> By: anger http://www.complex.com/blogs/2007/12/05/art-world-shocker-shepard-fairey-bites/comment-page-1/#comment-8864 anger Sat, 01 Mar 2008 01:41:21 +0000 http://www.complex.com/blogs/2007/12/05/art-world-shocker-shepard-fairey-bites/#comment-8864 Mark Vallen is a hack. Mark Vallen is a hack.

]]> By: Kevin http://www.complex.com/blogs/2007/12/05/art-world-shocker-shepard-fairey-bites/comment-page-1/#comment-8103 Kevin Fri, 25 Jan 2008 14:39:28 +0000 http://www.complex.com/blogs/2007/12/05/art-world-shocker-shepard-fairey-bites/#comment-8103 Obviously written by a failing artist. That's too bad, still a coffee jockey at starbucks, mark? The only people that whine like this are those that are not making a decent living in art and wish that they were. Obviously written by a failing artist. That’s too bad, still a coffee jockey at starbucks, mark? The only people that whine like this are those that are not making a decent living in art and wish that they were.

]]> By: admonkey http://www.complex.com/blogs/2007/12/05/art-world-shocker-shepard-fairey-bites/comment-page-1/#comment-7875 admonkey Sat, 08 Dec 2007 16:30:37 +0000 http://www.complex.com/blogs/2007/12/05/art-world-shocker-shepard-fairey-bites/#comment-7875 Mark Vallen is simply trying to jumpstart his go-nowhere career by bashing someone who actually HAS one. It's a time-honored tradition among the second-rate and failing. The fact that he passed out literature-- including HIS OWN ART-- amongst those standing in line at Fairey's show ought to tell you he's simply an opportunist out to raise his own profile. If he were truly interested in constructive dialogue he would have picked up the phone and made the local call to Fairey to ask him about it. Then, if he wasn't satisfied with the answers-- or at least wanted to include them-- he could have offered up the other side of the coin. Instead, he posted a shrill call of "Look at Me!" in hopes of selling a few more canvases of his Jr. High caliber artwork. Pretty sad, really. Mark Vallen is simply trying to jumpstart his go-nowhere career by bashing someone who actually HAS one. It’s a time-honored tradition among the second-rate and failing. The fact that he passed out literature– including HIS OWN ART– amongst those standing in line at Fairey’s show ought to tell you he’s simply an opportunist out to raise his own profile. If he were truly interested in constructive dialogue he would have picked up the phone and made the local call to Fairey to ask him about it. Then, if he wasn’t satisfied with the answers– or at least wanted to include them– he could have offered up the other side of the coin. Instead, he posted a shrill call of “Look at Me!” in hopes of selling a few more canvases of his Jr. High caliber artwork. Pretty sad, really.

]]> By: COMPLEX MNGMT. http://www.complex.com/blogs/2007/12/05/art-world-shocker-shepard-fairey-bites/comment-page-1/#comment-7866 COMPLEX MNGMT. Thu, 06 Dec 2007 14:23:58 +0000 http://www.complex.com/blogs/2007/12/05/art-world-shocker-shepard-fairey-bites/#comment-7866 P: Thanks for the head ups, fixed. Don't know how that was overlooked. P: Thanks for the head ups, fixed. Don’t know how that was overlooked.

]]> By: momtoldme http://www.complex.com/blogs/2007/12/05/art-world-shocker-shepard-fairey-bites/comment-page-1/#comment-7865 momtoldme Thu, 06 Dec 2007 07:40:43 +0000 http://www.complex.com/blogs/2007/12/05/art-world-shocker-shepard-fairey-bites/#comment-7865 By: p http://www.complex.com/blogs/2007/12/05/art-world-shocker-shepard-fairey-bites/comment-page-1/#comment-7864 p Thu, 06 Dec 2007 04:21:52 +0000 http://www.complex.com/blogs/2007/12/05/art-world-shocker-shepard-fairey-bites/#comment-7864 be nice if we could get a link to the article you're quoting be nice if we could get a link to the article you’re quoting

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