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8ballrollin · 12-04-2007, 07:55 PM

TD, thought you might find this review interesting. I know you've used Fairey in your avatars.

"The expropriation and reuse of images in art has today reached soaring heights, but that relentless mining and distortion of history will turn out to be detrimental for art, leaving it hollowed-out and meaningless in the process. When I refer to "mining" in this case I mean the hasty examination and extraction of information from our collective past as performed by individuals who do not fully comprehend it. That is precisely what Fairey is guilty of, utilizing historic images simply because he "likes" them, and not because he has any grasp of their significance as objects of art or history. In 1916 Henry Ford, the famous American multimillionaire, bigot, and founder of the Ford Motor Company, uttered the infamous words, "History is Bunk." That once outrageous statement has now become part and parcel of postmodern art, as reflected in Fairey’s own negligence regarding history."

http://www.art-for-a-change.com/Obey/index.htm

I don't think it's fair to say Fairey does not "fully comprehend" the history of the art he borrows - who can know. But the rest is an interesting review of the source art.

12-04-2007, 07:55 PM	#1
8ballrollin Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: WA Posts: 1,287	Obey: Plagiarism TD, thought you might find this review interesting. I know you've used Fairey in your avatars. "The expropriation and reuse of images in art has today reached soaring heights, but that relentless mining and distortion of history will turn out to be detrimental for art, leaving it hollowed-out and meaningless in the process. When I refer to "mining" in this case I mean the hasty examination and extraction of information from our collective past as performed by individuals who do not fully comprehend it. That is precisely what Fairey is guilty of, utilizing historic images simply because he "likes" them, and not because he has any grasp of their significance as objects of art or history. In 1916 Henry Ford, the famous American multimillionaire, bigot, and founder of the Ford Motor Company, uttered the infamous words, "History is Bunk." That once outrageous statement has now become part and parcel of postmodern art, as reflected in Fairey’s own negligence regarding history." http://www.art-for-a-change.com/Obey/index.htm I don't think it's fair to say Fairey does not "fully comprehend" the history of the art he borrows - who can know. But the rest is an interesting review of the source art.