Shepard Fairey Gets Started On Houston Street Mural

That's nice wallpaper! (Photo via Animal)

The Os Gemeos mural on Houston Street was buffed recently to make way for Shepard Fairey's ~~clothing line advertisement~~ wheatpasted masterpiece, which will promote his upcoming show at Deitch... and yes, also his OBEY clothing line pop-up shop on the LES. Arrested Motion, however, more gently calls it "his own brand of urban beautification for his upcoming show at Deitch Projects." Animal caught Fairey at work earlier today, and he told his fans, “We’ll finish when we finish. We’re on California time.”

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By Jen Carlson in Arts & Entertainment on April 20, 2010 4:56 PM

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Phantom Street Artist

"It's a disgrace that Shepard Fairey, an unoriginal artist who's now admitted to deceiving a court, and also someone who clearly admires the totalitarian regimes whose ethos the Berlin Wall embodied, gets a place in this (Wende) exhibition

Charlotte Allen

OP ED Author of LA TIMES “Shepard Fairey's true colors”

http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-allen25-2009oct25,0,32327.story

The Phantom Street Artist has said:

People will one day speak of a Future Day and Time when a coined term will come from the voice of the streets. The term will be a definitive colloquial called Fairey Use TM to mean when an artist out of disrespect betrays important historical and revolutionary cultures, languages and authors to advance his own selfish interest in greed and mammon. This is called Fairey Use TM when an artist steals from other artists, cultural references and fails to give proper credit then tampers with federal evidence then hides behind important movements like the creative commons and attempts to escape justice under interpretative legal defense. Oh then finally dropped by his legal representative Anthony Falzone...

In a sentence:

Mommy is that artist pulling a Fairey Use?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDUzLe6-YVk

Wza

Final product:

http://www.woostercollective.com/2010/04/first_look_shepard_fairey_goes_big_in_ne.html

"These Parties Disgust Me"

Shamhammer

his stuff is really cool always has been

zincink

at least he has a job of some sort

Torgo

Overrated graphic designer.

La Flama Blanca

I really don't like this guy. Banksy is better. Discuss.

Detex

I think Banksy is more creative and ironic with his posts.

SikBug

I agree.

ozik

No.

luckmagnet

The mural wasnt buffed, there was a temporary wall constructed in front of it, but hey....

jwhatev

I dislike him

MT

I think his work is totally fascinating. I remember when he first started stickering NYC with Andre The Giant. If you read his website with it's description of 'phenomenology,' he makes an extremely interesting point. At least he started out legitimately subversive. I kind of wish he stayed that way, but I guess i can't blame him for cashing in. I think he's a brilliant guy.