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Nebe
01-22-2009, 10:45 AM
I cant get enough of this stuff. Call it propaganda, call it what ever you want, but I think its great. this is what happens when you piss off a nation's worth of artists..

http://modculture.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/01/29/obey.jpg
http://www.obeythepurebreed.com/images/obama_tshirt.gif
http://blog.iso50.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/iso50-obama-final.jpg
http://ny-image3.etsy.com/il_430xN.25316763.jpg
http://blog.iso50.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/wyman-obama-large.jpg
http://fudgegraphics.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/iso50-obama-preview-460x257.jpg

RIJIMMY
01-22-2009, 10:47 AM
Its amazing what you can accomplish with free time and a welfare check.

Nebe
01-22-2009, 10:50 AM
:rotfl:

Joe
01-22-2009, 11:46 AM
Good tee shirt art.

PaulS
01-22-2009, 11:54 AM
very similar to vintage posters from Russia, WWII, advertising posters, etc. Old ones at antique shows, depending on the artist and the rarity can go for many thousands of dollars.

Nebe
01-22-2009, 11:59 AM
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e158/mcnail/OMG/Two-Sides-of-Capitalism-Bad.jpg

Nebe
01-22-2009, 12:03 PM
Some more stuff non-obama.. http://www.obeygiant.com/merch/Obey-Giant-Toxicity-Inspector.jpghttp://www.marketingpunk.com/images/Obey-Giant-War-by-Number.jpghttp://www.boredomisyourfault.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/05/obey.jpghttp://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e158/mcnail/OMG/Obey-LOTUS-ORNAMENT-Black.jpg

Nebe
01-22-2009, 12:04 PM
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e158/mcnail/OMG/Obey-LOTUS-ORNAMENT-Red.jpg

Raven
01-22-2009, 12:39 PM
Obama gets to try out the latest mini UFO they've recovered :gf:

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c66/ravenob1/ufo-2.png

RIJIMMY
01-22-2009, 12:45 PM
Neb, look in the center of the star and you see the Andre the Giant face that adorned the stickers which are all over RI. I met the guy that made those on Thayer St one day, they've been spotted all over the world and stated a cult fad. I wonder if he is making these posters?

Nebe
01-22-2009, 12:53 PM
Jim, yes thats the same guy- He went to RISD.. the stickers were 'Andre the Giant has a Posse'....

RIJIMMY
01-22-2009, 12:56 PM
Thats awesome, I remember he was at RISD, I had one of the stickers on my guitar. Good for him, I'm glad he still going strong. takes guts to make a living with art. So I guess that makes you kinda cool too.......

likwid
01-22-2009, 01:04 PM
His stuff is great but my only complaint is he's become so commercialized.

So many retarded OBEY knock offs.

eskimo
01-22-2009, 01:57 PM
the screen printed art above is done by shepard fairy.
you can visit his website. great work and probably one of the biggest artist of this time.

the original screen print of these go for thousands.

Raven
01-22-2009, 02:08 PM
http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/215976/january-15-2009/shepard-fairey

eskimo
01-22-2009, 02:22 PM
Its amazing what you can accomplish with free time and a welfare check.

does this mean I collect a welfare check and have free time?
40+ hour weeks designing and then more work when I get home.

Nebe
01-22-2009, 03:12 PM
nice work eskimo!

likwid
01-22-2009, 03:13 PM
$5900 for the "PROGRESS" version of #2

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i113/lazergunpewpew/banksy_morons.jpg

^ In a Long Island gallery for $8000 atm.

Nebe
01-22-2009, 03:24 PM
Art is the safest investment right now it seems.

likwid
01-22-2009, 03:25 PM
Art is only worth what the buyer thinks its worth.

Raven
01-22-2009, 03:41 PM
i think this Obama Video is an ART form too.... in a way

its moving art... with sound

http://current.com/items/76788892/oakland_barack_obama_rally.htm

RIJIMMY
01-22-2009, 03:52 PM
does this mean I collect a welfare check and have free time?
40+ hour weeks designing and then more work when I get home.

Don't take it personally, I like to bust on Nebe and Co.

fishbones
02-07-2009, 08:42 PM
Artist of famed Obama poster arrested in Boston
Associated Press
Feb. 7, 2009, 12:37PM


Matt Stone Boston Globe
Artist Shepard Fairey poses beside his "Obama HOPE" image, part of an exhibit of his work at the Institute of Contemporary Art, in Boston.

Share Print Email Del.icio.usDiggTechnoratiYahoo! BuzzBOSTON — A street artist famous for his red, white and blue "Hope" posters of President Obama has been arrested on warrants accusing him of tagging property with graffiti, police said Saturday.

Shepard Fairey, 38, was arrested Friday night on his way to the Institute of Contemporary Art for a kickoff event for his first solo exhibition, called "Supply and Demand."

Two warrants were issued for Fairey on Jan. 24 after police determined he'd tagged property in two locations with graffiti based on the Andre the Giant street art campaign from his early career, police Officer James Kenneally said Saturday.

Fairey, 38, of Los Angeles, is scheduled to be arraigned on the misdemeanor charges Monday in Brighton District Court, said Jake Wark, a spokesman for the Suffolk District Attorney. Wark said Fairey would also be arraigned on a default warrant related to a separate graffiti case in the Roxbury section of Boston.

Fairey has spent the last two weeks in the Boston area installing the ICA exhibit and creating outdoor art, including a 20-by-50 foot banner on the side of City Hall, according to a statement issued Saturday by the museum.

The museum said Fairey was released a few hours after his arrest, but authorities did not immediately confirm that.

Fairey's Obama image has been sold on hundreds of thousands of stickers and posters, and was unveiled at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington before Obama's inauguration.

The image is the subject of a copyright dispute with The Associated Press. Fairey argues his use of the AP photo is protected by "fair use," which allows exceptions to copyright laws based on, among other factors, how much of the original is used, what the new work is used for and how the original is affected by the new work.

A California lawyer who has represented Fairey in the copyright case didn't immediately respond to an e-mail seeking comment on the arrest.

Joe
02-08-2009, 07:39 AM
Why did'nt he just buy an image off of istock or something?

Nebe
02-08-2009, 09:21 AM
it is reported that Andre the Giant did infact have a posse' and they were the ones that took Fairey in for questioning. :grins:

likwid
02-08-2009, 05:16 PM
http://www.banksy.co.uk/outdoors/images/landscapes/centrepointtag.jpg

Nebe
02-08-2009, 11:25 PM
I gotta get one of these.. 'Who's House?':rotfl:

RIROCKHOUND
02-09-2009, 07:14 AM
Nice.

Raven
02-09-2009, 08:08 AM
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c66/ravenob1/blue-2.png