Shepard Fairey Obey Collaboration With Levi’s Times Square Event
by Eugene Kan, October 30, 2009
Last night marked the debut of the Obey x Levi’s 2009 Fall/Winter Collection debut at the Levi’s Times Square store. The release involved a special Obey x Levi’s Live Installation by Shepard Fairey to cap things off. The artwork for the evening included iconic imagery from Fairey’s range of well-documented styles such as the Obey Giant.
Source: Gradient Magazine
I love the Ovation Tv’s “ART OR NOT” on Shepard and i would have to agree with the Art Critics, you can’t hop on both sides of the fence, Art has it’s morals and guild lines that we should abide by, he’s really taking gutsy moves and from the posts,; it seems like no one is liking how he is going about things,I like his style but it’s all starting to look the same stuff, find a new pattern but the same style…..
http://www.art-for-a-change.com/Obey/index.htm
guys, perhaps u wanna look at the link above to decide for yourself if Fairey is truly the “artist” you think he is.
There is a difference between selling out and being successful, I am all for reaching the masses but as long as the artists integrity in not compromised. Shepard Fairey preaches the word of anti consumerism on the backs of levi jeans, now thats selling out!
A//E
Obey killing it
hes satisfied jus to collab with a denim brand he grew up wearing
why the fuck should this lwr his streetcred
fuckyall
Fuck it I would want to get paid. I would swallow my pride to get a job like that
DISOBEY DUH FAIREY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDUzLe6-YVk
I would rather become a sell out then to live as a starving artist. He has not sold his soul just because of some super mainstream exposure. GET THAT COMMERICAL MONEY BRA!!!
Shepard has evolved into a commercial artist….and that’s what they do. He is doing something he loves and getting paid…how is that “not right” .. besides Levi’s is a great classic brand.
Shep has been doing this for almost 2 decades and in that time, he’s produced some of the most iconic images/logos in the history of pop/art culture… the dude “kept it real” for a loooooong time… he deserves to get paid…. and there could be worse companies to collab with, than Levis, arguably one of the most iconic American brands.
word…how is this not right?
Shepard has been doin his thing in graffiti for a loooooong time
just like KAWS
but UNLIKE KAWS
hes not reproducing the same shit over and over
he changes his style from time to time
and this one time
he decided to apply it to clothes….how is that not right?
and least hes not selling out like KAWS is doing on and off
is Shepard totally sold out?
too funny cache….karma’s a bitch.
Damn! Obey steppin up their game. I Levis collab is a big thing.
NYC too!
sheps getting paid! Gonna need all that paper work saved up for when the Obama poster/photo stealing incident comes full cirlce
I dont understand….why is it not right??
WoRd!
I really respect this but at the same time the whole thing is so not right….
not “Five OH, Run!!” but $$$ 501 $$$