My mans Brendan and I were talking about OBEY PRINTS not too long ago, and we were kinda confused on where Shepard is taking his work. After that whole OBAMA thing, my mans went haywire on the portraits. Don't get me wrong, some of his recent propaganda stuff has been on point, but in the past when he used iconography, his subjects came from left field (Public Enemy, Henry Rollins, Angela Davis etc.) and personally I feel he's getting predictable. There's nothing wrong with that. These MAY DAY portraits of Jean and Keith give me a feeling that Shepard is trying to use his celebrity to teach the "FANS", that is a dope goal and that makes sense, but what about the dollars?
Sunday, April 25, 2010
SHEPARD PORTRAITS CASH IN OR OUT?
My mans Brendan and I were talking about OBEY PRINTS not too long ago, and we were kinda confused on where Shepard is taking his work. After that whole OBAMA thing, my mans went haywire on the portraits. Don't get me wrong, some of his recent propaganda stuff has been on point, but in the past when he used iconography, his subjects came from left field (Public Enemy, Henry Rollins, Angela Davis etc.) and personally I feel he's getting predictable. There's nothing wrong with that. These MAY DAY portraits of Jean and Keith give me a feeling that Shepard is trying to use his celebrity to teach the "FANS", that is a dope goal and that makes sense, but what about the dollars?
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Have to say, the May Day prints are nice. In fact, they are really dope. Maybe it's the shotgun theory in his teaching- keep blasting, you'll hit something. May Day.
dr.b3
P.S.
Mark Ryden is putting in work.
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