Comments on the idea can: !Plagiarist - an artistic view of Shepard Fairey

One more thing. I admit that based on what I have ...

2009-05-12T11:55:00.000-04:00

One more thing. I admit that based on what I have said about Fairey could be applied to myself in the case of this image. I used a photograph taken by another artist as reference for this image and then placed it for sale without receiving permission from the original artist first. However, if the original artist were to come to me and ask for their cut of the money generated to date, I would

I'm truly surprised that the only responses I've g...

2009-05-12T11:46:00.000-04:00

I'm truly surprised that the only responses I've gotten to the "!Plagiarist" image are from people actually defending Fairey. Did you not read Mark Vallen's critique? The man STOLE artwork from noted Cuban artists. He practically COPIED the death's head worn by the Nazi Gestapo that symbolized racism in the world. He outright TRACED a few Russian propaganda posters and the 1984 "Big Brother is

Shepard isn't a plagiarist. Nearly ever artist us...

2009-05-11T22:20:00.000-04:00

Shepard isn't a plagiarist. Nearly ever artist use photos as references. He turned a new photo of a public figure into a stylized vector drawing...

One could argue that Shepard Fairey is taking what...

2009-03-17T14:46:00.000-04:00

One could argue that Shepard Fairey is taking what Warhol did just like Warhol did with Duchamp. To be frank, most people who look at Fairey's work can understand it and at the same time not be bothered with the "thievery" because they don't know the "original" art work.
Thhe fact that he's making a lot of money doing what he does is not his doing however. He first and far most an artist, all