Comments on: Olly Moss Pwns Shepard Fairey’s Obey Giant

By: sapien

sapien — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 07:52:59 +0000

I’m surprised no one’s ever slapped DIS stickers on those posters.

By: Non

Non — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 06:21:10 +0000

Meh. I’m not a big fan of tired art rehash.

By: BenZarius

BenZarius — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 01:17:50 +0000

Pity that Andre the Giants family didn’t get a penny for all those posters.

By: SenorMysterioso

SenorMysterioso — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 15:48:15 +0000

Oh, I just realized Olly is the artist behind a few of the t-shirts I’ve bought from threadless

By: SenorMysterioso

SenorMysterioso — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 14:45:53 +0000

I met Fairey during the DNC and thought he was an egotistical a-hole. He is still one of my favs though.

Like stickers said, reworking or imitating Fairey isnt new. I think it is cool because he re-appropriates(rips off) existing work into his own stuff to begin with.

By: Stickers

Stickers — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 14:14:40 +0000

People in Providence, RI have been remixing Shepard Fairey’s work for 16 YEARS.

His original work – “Andre The Giant has a Posse” has been re-done hundreds of times.

Haven’t you ever seen the “Herve Villichez has a Posse” sticker?

Or how about the remixes that ACTUALLY affected the election of Mayor Buddy Cianci back in 1991?

Sorry guys but you need to read the newspapers that ARENT online sometimes too.