Just because Shepard Fairey’s entire career can directly be attributed to vandalizing property, doesn’t mean he has to like when it happens to him. The notorious wheatpaster, who recently plead guilty to a bunch of graffiti-related charges in Boston, routinely pays to have tags removed from the wall outside his design sweatshop in Los Angeles, a popular target of vandals according to TheEastSideLA. But the continuous sandblasting is damaging the brick, which concerns him, prompting Fairey to apply an “anti-graffiti coating to the wall.” He also has at least two surveillance cameras deployed, but understands it’s the constant buffing that will discourage public painters better than any other strategy. After all, it’s a tactic that he knows all too well:
“Obviously I have experience with graff,” said Fairey, “and there is not much point hitting a spot that will be cleaned immediately.”
Just because Shepard Fairey’s entire career can directly be attributed to vandalizing property, appropriating others' creative art…
Umm, i had used the slash-through HTML on "vandalizing property," to cleverly make a point about how much Shepard Fairy sucks, but these comments don't support that apparently. Either way…the cleverness still kind of comes through
Hipocrisy is the word that comes to mind
Please leave Shepard Fairey alone so he can continue to make old people's ideas of what kids today think is hip. He's got all of that money to count, you might make him lose his place.
seriously, you’re all a bunch of ignorant haters or you just like to tear down the guy who’s on top. he’s great at what he does, he helped get the republicans out of office, his work is beautiful even if it is inspired by others work or even appropriated. he’s just trying to keep his office building clean, it’s like a home away from home, you think he vandalizes peoples homes with his work ? NO, just ugly public spaces. let it go already you toys.