02.29.08
The Revolution Is Not A Commodity (The Case Against Shepard Fairey)
The Prosecutors Case:
Shepard Fairey Is A Plagiarist
The Reactionary Political Artist
The Appropriate Way to Recycle Art
My Judgement against Shepard Fairey:
Art exists in a continuum. For an artist, the appropriation of ideas from another artist is legitimate, necessary and unavoidable, but stealing the ideas of committed artists, and turning them into the lucrative products of your vanity is piracy, and reveals your colonialist soul. I testify to the fact that you ripped off Rene Mederos, who was a great person/true artist, and you diminished yourself in the process of enriching yourself $$$ You are a bad boy !!! I condemn you to life.
Tags: Shepard Fairey, Rene Mederos, Plagiarist, Lincoln Cushing, Cuban Graphic Art, Appropriation, Javier Hernandez-Miyares, Curated By Baird Jones
