I'm sure a good many of you have seen the dArama going on here with this contest.
Makes me kind of laugh a bit to be honest. Then makes me kinda wanna puke in my mouth a little bit. You guys get pretty hellbent out of shape over things sometimes. Shepard Fairey is a theif. He's a rip off artist. He has no talent. etc etc.
Personally I think he is a douche bag personality wise and I think he is pretty ego motivated, but as an artist I don't think he's a thief and don't think he is out to rip anyone on dA off. The guy is far too obsessed with his public image to do something so idiotic.
As far as him being a hack no talent artist...well, I gotta disagree with the people who think that. Despite me thinking he's an opportunistic money driven egomaniac, when it comes down to it he is a fantastic artist who has done some pretty iconic things in his day thus far. I don't feel he deserves to be name dropped with people like Warhol or Lichtenstein though as his work, while impressive, is not all THAT original or genre creating. I prefer someone with pure raw talent like Banksy or tons of people in the 7th Letter crew.
I'd say he's comparable to this generations Mark Kostabi or maybe Jasper Johns.
But who cares, the contest is fucking sweet and for a good cause and will give the winner a massive amount of exposure and at the end of the day that's what competing is all about.
So shut the fuck up, quit the whining, ill informed legal arguments, gradeschool political debates, bible thumping nd make some art you fuckers.
I'm now going back to working on my weird art bunker that I'm drywalling in the middle of nowhere Wisconsin.
