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October 9, 2008

Shepard Fairey Unimpressed with 'HOPE' Variations

Shepard Fairey on Obama Poster parodiesLA Times' top blog, Top of the Ticket, spoke to local artist Shepard Fairey about all the spoofs on his Obama "HOPE" poster. One replaces the word "HOPE" under Obama to "HYPE" and another shows Sarah Palin or John McCain with "NOPE" under their faces. Unimpressed, finding them too negative, Fairey told the blog that "when something becomes pervasive enough, it becomes a reference point that people are going to use for commentary and parody. They build their own thing off of it and use it for their own agenda." Fairey will be installing an Obama window display at TenOverSix on Beverly this weekend.

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"when something becomes pervasive enough, it becomes a reference point that people are going to use for commentary and parody. They build their own thing off of it and use it for their own agenda"

Isn't that what he does? And more power to him...but...

 

Shepard Fairey Unimpressed with 'HOPE' Variations Just Like Everyone Else.

 
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