11 January 2009

obey old school


It'd been an awfully long time since I'd seen an o.g. "Andre the Giant Has a Posse," and not one of the everybody-and-their-mother knock offs that have followed in its wake. While I'm more of a fan of Fairey's mixed media work, it's nice to remember his roots—especially now that he's got his Esquire cover.

As for Mad Decent, you can check it out here and here. Diplo's worth a listen. Besides, you have to love a fellow dinosaur lover.

2 comments:

  1. and is now doing SAKS ads? Very "street," Shepard. Very street.

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  2. well the whole "obey" thing is really just guerrilla marketing... aka shameless self promotion. but the man's good at what he does.

    maybe he's getting into advertising to make some kind of statement about the commercialization of fine art? You know, like it's all very meta?

    Yeah, I don't buy that either.

    But one man's "selling out" is another man's "success," right? :)

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