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Where is that "Who's number 2" thread? Obviously we all know now... it's Banksy!

caps off a pretty amazing year for Shep.

That's a pretty amazing achievement for Shep!

Dec 17, 2008 20:13:01 GMT 1 jamesreeve5 said:

Where is that "Who's number 2" thread? Obviously we all know now... it's Banksy!

^^^ -quite funny... I enjoyed this... thanks! peace... ec

That's the most ridiculous thing I've ever read. Heaven forbid Banksy believing so strongly in a political movement that he creates a piece of art to help propel it...

I will agree with snausages here in that the actual inherent Fairey designed image itself is not all that intrinsically great. But, the pervasiveness of the image within the public's consciousness as a symbol of one of the most poignant moments in modern history is both fascinating and spectacular.

snausages....reading your posts, I see that you have a very narrow-minded and stubborn view of most things.

Here's what Shepard Fairey has to say to people like you:

“People like to categorize—it makes for better posturing—and not to engage. They say ‘Oh, if voting made a difference then it would be illegal,’ but someone like Obama can infiltrate the system. A government, like capitalism, can be ethical. If I only criticize but don’t try and get a candidate into the system then I have no justification. I have an opportunity to help change the system.”

I could not agree more with Fairey.

Copied from omg posters:

Starting today, you’ll be able to pick up Shepard Fairey’s newest Barack Obama illustration on almost every newsstand in the world. He has created the image for the cover of Time Magazine’s “Person of the Year” issue. Here is what he had to say about his involvement with the project:

“Tomorrow my illustration for Time Magazine’s “Person of The Year” hits the newsstands. While I’m very honored to be validated by a periodical that is nothing short of an American institution, the moment is bittersweet because I’m very disappointed by Obama’s appointment of Rick Warren to deliver his invocation during Obama’s inaugural address. Rick Warren is against gay marriage and reproductive rights, and he does not believe in evolution (maybe he offers himself as proof of lack of evolution). I understand that Obama is trying to appeal to conservatives and evangelicals, but this move is symbolically a slap in the face to many people. Warren is not a uniter, but a divider… he is intolerant in many of his views. I still think Obama is the best choice for president, but I can’t condone Warren’s involvement in Obama’s inauguration, no matter how insignificant it is. While I’m on the subject of gay marriage, I will be donating a chunk of the proceeds from an inauguration poster of Obama I was asked to create to the movement to overturn Prop 8. At first I was considering pulling my inauguration poster, but I think re-directing funds from it to put into a cause I care about is actually more constructive. Plus, I wouldn’t want withdrawing the image to come across as a blanket boycott of Obama. I’m sure I will ultimately disagree with Obama about many things, but I think I will agree with him on more. I think it is important to speak one’s mind, but also to not let the narcissism of petty differences sabotage our unity and progress.”

i hate politics. and i hate it more on an art forum . but .. for the heck of it .. the .. 'we love Obama as long as he is doing EXACTLY what we want him to' is just not going to work. He cannot be a 'uniter' (is that a word?) unless he ..uhh... 'unites' people of different opinions. let the guy find his way.. and dont dismiss people that simply share some different opinions. for art lovers -- you probably dont want to know what Warhol's views on minorites were. and if you have some Warhol's and his opinions offend you.. i will take them off your hands REALLY CHEAPLY for a quick sale so you can get them out of your house :-)

Shep needs to enjoy the messy splendor of the process. give obama some time.

Obama is trying to infiltrate the Orange Curtain!!!

Warhol's view on minorities and the real Bing Crosby story, what is our world coming to.

If you want to stop your granny from driving you crazy by playing White Christmas incessantly, make her watch this Jackie Beat video :-)

I can understand the initial Obama-mania - but (and god, I hope I'm wrong) I think Fairey's right to have reservations now. If Obama really was a radical he wouldn't be where he is now. The machinery is too ingrained to permit serious dissent.
"Change you can believe in" was the slogan wasn't it? So he's appointed Hillary Clinton (voted in favour of the attack on Iraq), Robert Gates (previously Bush crew secretary of defence), Madeline Albright, John Brennan, Lawrence Summers...
Change eh? More of the same I reckon - but with a very, VERY, competent front-man.

I remember launching into Fairey for his decision to involve himself in party politics. It profoundly angered me at the time and even more so as the following weeks saw other artists jumping on the bandwagon. (with pathetic results). I said at the time that it was naive at best to expect a single man to bring real change in a country in which the power lies in the shadows of corporations and vested interest. Bush spent a too much time and effort moving government towards the christian right for one man to come in and have it all his own way.

Artists are by their nature outsiders and comment on the world from that perspective and that is when they are at their most powerful. No good can ever come of an artist aligning him or herself with politicians of any party. Fairey will always be making excuses from now on. Time to grow up I'm afraid.

I think that got him the Cans tunnel alsbabar