yes, I must agree!

very true! But perhaps it was authorized?

Nah, background is red, massive difference.

I'm joking of course, blatant rip off. If it's not been authorised I foresee trouble ahead.

Brands seem to think they can freely steal from artists. #H&M

I can't imagine Coke not paying Royalties or compensation of some sort?

What goes around, comes around.

Possibly for coke ?

This in a nut shell. A hack got hacked. Normally I’d be up in arms with an artist getting ripped off, but since Martin seems to have no issues literally ripping off other artists I have little respect for the guy. That and he does the same tired decorative raffitti scribbling as if he invented tagging. Milk the cow

It's not about Whatson, it's about the carbon copy of an artist's creation, now just the idea.

Art is widely imitation anyway. Centuries to back that up.

Real new ideas often give birth to a new art movement.

This would only apply if the artist took the original photograph the stencil is made from
A global company as Coca Cola with its legal departments would of seeked copyright image release before using the image .
Many artists just use pictures / photographs from the internet without permission ,true street cred
Would the mentioned artist have done the same ?
Association is good pr

Martin Whatson has confirmed that this is no collaboration with Coke.

for an artist it is important to choose who to collaborate with. I do not think Coca is a pretty glamorous image to sign a big guy.  Coca cola is one of the biggest polluter of the planet (plastic bottles that it can not handle ...) and reports show that it is catastrophic, especially in developing countries
If collaboration refers to a bad image, it can hurt your career ... it's a thought
Whatson? the style on

Not a rip off.

MW's fella is wearing Vans Authentics and Coke's fella is wearing Retro Jordan IV Breds.

The ad agency in conjunction with coke marketing are going to be in trouble They would have been the ones to come up with the concept.