Monday, February 16, 2009

A Shepard Fairey Moment

Hope And Glory
http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/artworld/2009/02/23/090223craw_artworld_schjeldahl
http://www.newyorker.com/online/2009/02/23/slideshow_090223_shepardfairey

Fairey reverses a revolution achieved by Warhol, along with Roy Lichtenstein. He embraces a trend in what the critic Dave Hickey has called ‘pop masquerading as art, as opposed to art masquerading as pop.
- Peter Schjeldahl

Useful links:
http://obeygiant.com
www.icaboston.org

Rightfully true. I liked Fairey's work. Thank you Peter.

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