Shepard Fairey takes advantage of the idea that art can rival advertisements -
so for me it's not art.
- He is famous for his plagiarism - It's vandalism.
He breaks important thoughts. - He is a genius.
- He is charged with criminal behavior. </ P>
It's all a very empty experience. </ P>
- He is our current Warhol. He is predictable. </ P>
- He has renewed the political image. - He is a wallpaper artist. </ P>
- He has fewer and fewer followers. - He created an icon. </ P>
André the Giant was a bluff number. It meant nothing. </ P>
Shepard Fairey is so far from an artist you can come .
The world is not as beautiful as in songs from The Carpenters and Wings.
I grew up in the 70s, and when I felt frustrated -
- there was no creative response to it.
But When I heard Sex Pistols and The Clash singing about frustration...
They were angry like the Black Flag, but it was not for the sake of the wound.
Protest against conformity, oppression and abuse of power. </ P>
It touched me because I grew up in a very conformist city -
- and went on So I was frustrated.
All that I did not get out of was expressed through punk rock -
- but also through the skateboard
It was about using the urban landscape in an alternative way -
- and it's aggressive.
I was inspired of tape posters and of graffiti.
Graffiti is about letters and about spraying its name.
- Colors, design, style and technique. - Release it.
<p </ P>
The technique behind the graffiti -
- one to perform their works in wild places completely anonymously -
- to say "I exist." I loved it.
- I'm looking for the graffiti artist. - We are all! </ P>
I had seen movies like "Breakin & apos;" and "Beat Street".
I thought you should be black and join a gang -
- and practice the paper before could show it. A kind of art strap. </ P>
Street art er et offentligt udtryk, og det demokratiserer kunsten.
It makes the art available, and the public space is for more -
- than just advertising and government campaign signs.
That means everything,
This was especially true before the Internet, for the recognition you received -
- was based solely on the audience's first hand experience.
- What do you set up? - Some Giant posters.
- Who is it? - André the Giant. </ P>
Why that? </ P>
Today we receive André the Giant, who is the world's largest man. </ P>
Where Are you from André?
Do you really speak English?
Where do you come from?
It does not concern you.
My first work was "André the Giant has a Posse" stickers.
At that time, I worked in a skateboard store -
- and I
I had to teach a friend to make stencils.
I saw a picture of André the Giant and said to him, "Use it."
He said, "No," and I replied: "Andrés & pos; takes over."
We listened much to Ice-T, Public Enemy, Beastie Boys, NWA -
- and all used word "posse".
I made some stickers, and it was supposed to be a joke.
I put them up in the skate parks, at some nightclubs and signs.
For a party I saw a guy who had put it on the front of his cap -
I asked him: "Does the sticker have a meaning?"
- and I could see paint stains so he had pilled it down. > He replied, "I do not know but I think it's cool." </ P>
I realized very fast, that although it was completely silly -
It was spreading, and the affected people.
What the hell are you doing?
I had seen Bob Dobbs Church of the SubGenius. </ P>
A guy in the 50s with a pipe. I wanted to know what that meant. </ P>
I wanted to go to it. </
I could feel that it would spread by like-minded people -
- and that's the same with the André sticker.
Men folk reagerede meget forskelligt.
Someone wrote at the bottom on a sticker: "Nazi wine."
All painters, poets and musicians -
- trying to catch attention. This is the nature of art. </ P>
"André the Giant has a posse" -
- Did not mean anything. It was just cool. </ P> p> There must be some sect. There is no obvious sense of it.
The word "posse" led the minds to the skater culture -
- and young people who formed music and art communities.
But it also acted deeply -
- how we unconsciously associate ourselves with flows.
This is my propaganda. Many people use models instead.
It makes a product attractive by connecting it with a beautiful person.
Man gør et produkt attraktivt ved at forbinde det med en smuk person.
I do not want to be as clear.
One day I stood in a store next to a couple -
- and the girl says, "Have you seen
"Yes," says the guy. "What's this about?" she asks.
"It's a band," but she says: "No, it's something with skaters." </ P>
"No, that's a band. I've heard them."
He simply found it. It's fascinating -
- People trust their instincts and want to fight for their ideas.
A newspaper in Providence printed an André sticker.
They wrote: "Who knows what the sticker is about -"
- get free tickets for a concert at The Living Room. "
I saw Jane's Addiction, The Ramones and Suicidal Tendencies.
I wanted the tickets, but I would not reveal myself -
- So I put some in an envelope along with a letter saying:
"Sorry, I can not uncover it but here you get some stickers. "
The week after, the sticker came back with my letter, and they wrote:
" No one has answered, but now we know how the handwriting looks
In two weeks, the sticker was shown in 30,000 copies of the paper.
It was 15 times more than on the street.
It made me think that the American media industry -
- makes things seem more powerful and powerful -
- and more relevant and more important by making awareness.
At that time I still went to college and did school projects.
I worked in the skate shop
- and for the clothing branded Jobless Anti-Work Wear.
They were one of the first street wear companies.
One of my prints, for which I received $ 50 -
- they sold for over ten thousand copies. </ P>
It was the image from "The Shining ", where Jack says," Here's Johnny. "</ P>
I wrote" All work and no play makers Jack a dull boy "on the typewriter -
It got immediate success, and that was great for me -
- for then I realized that I was good at it.
We knew he was artistic. Our neighbor, who was an art teacher -
- said: "He's incredibly gifted. You should not teach him." <
You want to destroy him. Just let him develop it.
My friends at Porter-Gaud did not belong either they were cool or nerded.
To be cool, you should be sportfreak, and I did not.
But I'd rather not be bored like the nerds.
You got hot if you had Toughskins jeans and not Levi's -
-or did not go with polo shirts. </ P>
My parents refused categorically to I said, "I know that."
But I needed to make money for that kind.
I was forced to go with a suit and tie at school -
- but I rebelled using my father's ugly 70er slip.
They looked like someone had broken them.
"I agree to wear tie but they should be ugly."
p> He had started skating and only wanted to make the things that he himself decided.
I did not think anyone understood me
We sat down and said to him: "Okay, this does not work."
p>
"You will decide, and we will allow you."
He said he would be an artist -
Instead of 14 minutes a day he worked for 14 hours.
He made a folder and entered at the Rhode Island School of Design.
<
In South Carolina, watercolors, painted coal or oil paint -
were the only approved art.
But at the art school I learned about Jasper Johns. </ P>
Duchamp and Rauschenberg. </ P>
Andy Warhol and Barbara Kruger. </ P>
And an unknown artist , who had posted posters -
- with a picture of Ronald Reagan, where there was "Contra" -
- and "Diction" with bold letters on a yellow background, and I thought:
"It's a message to Reagan in line with Dead Kennedy's protests."
clever and a little humorous, but well painted. "
I want people to think and entertain them in everyday life.
It just contained it all.
Please. </ P>
Robbie Conal's work was a turning point for me. </ P>
Robbie Conal calls his art " A guerrilla war is being outpoured.
I just wanted to participate in the debate about topics such as "democracy"
I just put it up and hope that it gives substance for thought -
- so people begin to think about who who the old, ugly man is.
It was deliberately illegal as a kind of civil disobedience.
"It is the Iran-Contra affair against my little offenses."
"Just hold me if you can find me."
"Anhold mig bare, hvis I kan finde mig."
This was Providence -
- before a new young mayor's visions prevented a complete decay.
The young mayor was Buddy Cianci.
I took an illustration course in the fall of 1990 -
- and I would do something special.
On an advertising sign where you could see Cianci wow, stood there:
"He really loves Providence." I thought it was idiotic.
There was nothing about his policy.
p> Then I stuck his face over with a big André image.
Then I photographed it and handed it as a task.
I got to know that my advertising sign on South Main Street -
- was covered by André the Giant sticker.
You can not get a better advertisement .
The day after, everyone came with beer to me. They said, "Great! Cheers for you!"
In addition, the press in Providence was completely shocked by it -
- because everyone tried to get an opinion out of the sign.
"Does Cianci mean brutal?"
Only a few people actually knew That's not about Cianci.
But size is important. So, stick from a sticker -
- to a huge advertising sign really put it in the debate.
Cianci said, "It costs me money. What should we do about it?"
I do not know if he But it seemed because we won the election.
We are going back to the town hall!
But I should take care not to conduct the debate in an unwanted direction.
I had not read about the other politicians' views.
If it had actually hurt Cianci, which was not the case -
have been crushed over my carelessness.
I realized I could not just make things for my own pleasure.
That kind of can have consequences.
/ p>
In the summer of 1990, I got a used Caprice Classic with wood paneling -
- like the Griswold family.
It was not in very good condition, < br /> but I could drive to Boston.
Then I started driving to New York.
"Father's cool vacation."
But they did not take my box with stickers.
I quickly started to set stencils.
The light poles were the perfect size for a stencil template by André.
I had a backpack
and some glue to the stancil template.
I put a lot of stencils up.
I am
If you are taken, be polite.
I never considered about my street Certain did not like it because it was illegal, and it annoyed me.
Street art was not so popular. It was illegal. was not as "real" -
- or even subcultural rarely such as graffiti.
- eller lige så subkulturelt i sjælden som for eksempel graffiti.
Men Shepard imponerede en masse skeptikere.
People who thought that street art was only for flippers of art.
Alleged was the only gallery, as exhibited works -
-
Underground music, graffiti, street art and skater culture.
In the early 90's graffiti linked the hiphop culture
Breakdance and Band Culture.
Although there were skaters in New York, it came from the west coast.
The division in street art and graffiti originated first -
- when they joined together. That's why it was an important time.
When I met Shepard, <br
But he impressed me so he was allowed to exhibit with me -
- and with Aaron Rose.
Shepard did his best to get works -
- but it was still hobby work and homemade things.
He made stickers at that time, <
- than all other young skaters from the east coast at that time.
But his marks were everywhere, <br /
I had posters and a manifesto that hung on the wall of the gallery.
It describes many of my thoughts -
- About group psychology and conformance versus rebellion.
Many of my ideas about art today are found in this short manifesto -
wrote as a 20 year old.
Many artists attempted to break down the visual language -
- and undermine persuasion.
Artists like Thomas Campbell, Phil Frost, Mike Mills and Futura...
They were important people on New York's art scene.
If I could get a seat there, I could possibly live by it.
I went out of school and I struggled to survive.
My parents were constantly following me to find a "real" job. </ P>
I drove a small workshop -
- where I made my stuff and things for bands did not go well.
But the attention of people in New York made me believe in it.
In spite of André the Giant, I was Completely uninterrupted in wrestling.
I did it just by some kind...
You may call it for a creative strike.
But to use a reference, as people associate with one thing -
- and use it for something else is provocative and I love it.
Gradually, you could sense some kind of fear of images -
- as if it were a fine or something to be afraid of.
So I decided to use -
- an orwell image language a la "big brother see you".
To maintain the energy of my art I created
It was a completely symmetrical, cropped -
- and very stylized version of the André face.
Then I did the face of the star, and it got an incredible resonance.
This is pure propaganda. "Do what you want and take drugs."
"Det kan vi lide, for vi er satanister."
"I can see a pentagram." "It's Russian or Chinese."
"No, it is guaranteed Illuminati." We have stars on our flag .
But the face and the red color are Satanic or Communist.
When I drove my website andrethegiant.com, people wrote:
>
"Why do you spoil our hero with your communist symbols?"
"You mock a great athlete."
I said, "I apologize . I'm dropping it. But André is cool. "
Experience taught me that I could not make André stickers -
- In a commercial Because it's a copyright violation.
- They were too processed to break copyright.
For a while, I was inspired by Russian constructivism.
It's simple lines and colors with exclamation marks and arrows.
It's a rather daring style with dramatic angles.
In about the same period -
- I watched the random movie "They Live" by John Carpenter.
The main role "Rowdy" is played by former Roddy Piper -
- so there was a connection to André the Giant.
The history of the film is Worldwide -
- is controlled by a power of You look like an old cheese pie.
I thought it was miserable, because it cost a dollar in rent -
- but it has a pretty deep message.
-men den har et ret dybt budskab.
Here is one who can see!
You must be aware of what takes place behind the scenes.
There is manipulation and an undertone <br
When Roddy Piper takes on the sunglasses for the first time -
- he looks at the advertising signs where it's usually used to stand
Instead, there is "Consumption", "Getting Children," "Submissing you," "Adlyd".
The word "Obey" in the film Barbara Barbara's characteristics -
- so the scenography was clearly inspired by her.
I thought of George Orwell's "1984" and at Barbara Kruger -
- and then it struck me: What do we make people very unconsciously
- As we rebel, when we get ordered it in conscious state?
To obey.
My very first "Obey" work was <
- with a red stripe at the bottom, where there was "Obey" in Futura.
Later I used the same I've used since 1996.
I began to use the word "Obey" much more often than "Giant" -
- for I was fascinated by people's reactions to the word "Obey."
I ask people: "What do you think? I, that means "and they answer:
" I do not know. What does that mean? " " No, what do you think? "</ P>
Sometimes people get very crazy.
Nogle gange bliver folk meget gale.
It's as annoying as to interpret poetry or abstract art.
They get mad because they are bothered by their own explanation.
It may be wrong according to the "experts" in the field. </ P>
I had started working as a graphic designer in San Diego. </ P>
I ate at a Mexican place, whose logo was a cow and a pig -
- with aprons and meats, as if they wanted to eat each other.
But they were also best friends, and I thought that was weird.
I had moved back to town and I ran into Damon Bell -
He invited me to lunch at his office -
- and I told him to a tacor restaurant.
Your logo was a pig and a cow with aprons and cookware -
- and with kisses in hand, as if they would eat each other.
p> Just when I said, Shepard came round the corner -
- with an extra large soda with just the logo on.
Amanda commented on it. "It's the new place."
"Your logo is really weird." Then I was sold.
I did not know, who he was. He just looked like a sweet skater.
But I was with someone else.
When she had gone Damon came to me and said:
"She's cute, do not forget? Because she's with Mirko."
When I heard, I thought that I had no chances.
Afterwards, we often met in the center because I lived there and he worked.
We became pretty good friends.
Apparently obviously did not work well with Mirko.
One night where I stood and played Billiard at a cafe -
- Then she came in to read and drink a cup of coffee.
We slam a little and I said: " I did not come here to read. "</ P>
" I came to see you. " He said," Now? "</ P>
I'm not very directly < br /> so I was glad she said it.
"Here you have my number, if you want to do something."
I called but he did not answer so I called a little later.
Still No Answer. I called enough five times.
I had seven calls from Amanda. "Super. She likes me."
I knew he was an artist -
- but I had not seen his sticker campaign. We had been on a date and had wallpaper stickers in the car -
- so I posted some posters on a wall to a building site.
Suddenly I noticed there was a lot of faces everywhere.
Her friend said, "It's Shepard, him who you see."
I asked him, "Is that you?" He admitted. </ P>
He decorated my neighborhood. </ P>
I did not really understand. "Do you want us to obey?" </ P>
But then I heard his explanation for "Obey" -
Men så hørte jeg hans forklaring til "Obey"-
- and it's actually about opening my eyes.
When I met Amanda, I got a traveling companion.
She was also a good partner.
We started to travel together, and almost every time we were somewhere -
- he'd been there before and there were left of his works.
She joined San Francisco, Tokyo and Hong Kong.
When we could afford we went on a cheap hotel -
- posted posters all night and ate brunch the next day.
We were a bit like Bonnie and Clyde.
He asked me never keep looking but it was hard to leave.
I saw the police. Hurry up. </ P>
Amanda thought it was fun and tied us together. </ P>
Give me a smile, darling. - What?
The cute white legs.
I would also post posters, but I was nervous -
- so I just threw them on the wall. <br </ P>
I thought: "I will not go back and fix it." </ P>
It looks great. </ P>
She did not mind putting posters with me at the beginning.
But then I was arrested.
People do not think it's anything special, Before it actually happens to them.
Keep your hands out in front of you.
You can not always make a call or drink or go to the bathroom.
The handcuffs are too tight.
- What did you put up? - Art.
- Graffiti? - A poster for exhibition.
Give me the other hand.
I have been denied my insulin in the prison four times -
- and twice I became very ill.
He had told me about his sugar sickness -
when I asked him to take care.
Because... he could actually die.
When I was arrested in Philadelphia, I said to a guard:
"I have diabetes, and I have to take insulin."
"I can get very sick." He pretended he did not see me. </ P>
Finally he came to the cell, and when he opened the door -
- I stood up and said </ P>
As soon as the door went up I got a blow on my face. </ P>
He closed the door and said: "Hold your mouth or it gets worse."
When I picked him up the next morning, he went to sit in the taxi.
He was completely green, and he threw up immediately.
>
When I asked, he said: "They would not give me insulin."
Such things happen all the time but people do not believe me.
/ p>
They believe that I'm exaggerating to work out and grow my image.
The episode happened several times and then I began to be afraid .
Police. </ P>
Do you understand why? You attract attention. </ P>
None of what we made legal -
- but we did not think so much about it.
Thierry ran the same risk as me while holding a camera.
I climbed higher and higher to get the right angle.
p> - Was it difficult? - Yes.
I called and asked him: "Are we going out tonight?" Every evening. </ P>
He faithfully followed me for five years. It was incredible. </ P>
It's good here. Here is not anyone so you are undisturbed. </ P>
- Yes, but you're looking at me. - I'll shut it off. </ P>
I both loved and hated him.
Thierry! Stop filming. </ P>
He was very going on but also very loving. </ P>
He was a little crazy on an annoying but also on a cool way.
When it was a bit too dark, I turned on the light -
- and then he turned around and became furious.
"Turn off the light!" I did, but I turned on again. </ P>
I let Thierry follow me because he could get a unique perspective -
He was focused and had a goal, and he realized his ideas.
So I followed him, but it was a start , and I only got the start.
When Bush was elected president in 2000, I was not happy.
When he began to talk about Iraq <br
There is no doubt that Iraq's leader is an evil man.
We know he has weapons of mass destruction.
So, we keep an eye on him.
A leader of the hell.
Several people asked me after September 11 -
- if I wanted to censor myself because people were sensitive.
But I would do the opposite because too many censor themselves -
- and then you only hear voices spreading anxiety and violence.
I felt I should create some contra -rative works.
In 2004 before the election -
- Robbie Conal, as known for his political works -
Graffiti artist Mear and I an antiBush collaboration.
I became very touched because it's mine work.
They were great artists, but none of them made portraits of George Bush.
But then they came here young guys and wanted to my area -
- and said, "Come on. What have you done recently?"
I thought it was nice. I even started to cry.
On my hugged Bush a bomb, and the text sounded:
"Should I hug kids and throw bombs?"
At Mears poster was there: "Should we play Harmagedon?"
On the poster of Robbie Conals there stood: "Read my Apocalips."
We arranged a poster party, where everyone got stickers and a brush -
- and then we set posters from Venice to East Los Angeles.
It was amazing. </
John Kerry acknowledges himself defeated in the 2004 presidential election.
Ladies and gentlemen: US President.
I got the idea that fear was obviously a stronger argument -
- than a promise to make something good for humanity.
I continued to make posters during Bush's second parliamentary term. </ P>
I realized that subtle arguments work less well here in the country -
which people can relate to.
- Vivienne was born in 2005. - Obey Giant!
Prosit!
Amanda was pregnant with Madeline , and I did not think -
- What could strengthen my trademark as rebel.
I thought more about what kind of Government -
My children should grow up.
Do we want to pursue a cynical policy or a hopeful policy?
Hope with freedom-giving slaves.
Hope for immigrants, who set the course against distant shores.
Hope of a young captain in the fleet who patrols the Mekong Delta.
Hope at a working son and the hope of a skinny boy -
- with a strange name that thinks America has room for him.
I saw Obama's speech in 2004, and I thought it was strong.
I studied several of his tales and his writings -
- and also his political point of view < br /> and thought, "I can support him."
Instead of being against things, I used to be often.
It's the easiest and
Being advocate for something requires more courage than being critical.
Senator Barack Obama!
- Young Senator Barack Obama. - Illinois Senator Barack Obama.
Hi, Everyone!
Senators Support Darfur Peace and Accountability Act. </ P>
The most important thing we can do now is to engage the Americans in politics -
- and make them interested in what our government actually can do.
We must change the course of history, and the journey towards the healing of the nation -
- and a better world has started. Thank you! </ P>
When I created my Obama image, I was afraid -
- that they did not want my support. I would not hurt
I had a friend who knew one who worked on the campaign -
- and he asked if it was okay to I made a poster.
They said, "Okay, we know him."
I used red, white and blue tones in a portrait -
- where his face was half red and the rest was blue and white.
But the colors met in the middle, which symbolizes cooperation. </ P>
I've always loved that picture by John F. Kennedy -
- where he looks People can relate to it.
They are looking forward to a future that you do not know.
It's powerful.
I searched for a photo with the right light and the correct main view.
I found about five pictures -
- which I could use as a model. I chose the most famous.
On the first 750 posters there was "Progress" at the bottom -
- but I was told the most used words "Hope" and "Change."
I changed it to "Hope" during the eight years of Bush's power -
- many had hopelessness. So I liked "Hope."
Here is the original.
They would not use the image itself -
- because it was grassroots inspired. It did not come from the campaign.
And they were right.
People could download it free of charge on my website.
When using my posters, I got People to send a party.
If a newspaper would use it, I sent them.
I was interviewed almost every day and
I printed 300,000 posters and 500,000 stickers.
- and 1,200 prints to pay for the posters and stickers.
It was important that I did not appear as someone who would earn it.
You must have your pockets filled now. Is this your dairy cow?
Do you stop making art now? Do you retire afterwards?
- No, I'm... - You're making money on it.
I get another type of reward, such as Obama becoming president.
/ p>
It was nice to see my image that was not part of the campaign -
- Becoming more famous than the official polls.
>
The nation all over. I believe that. </ P>
- It's signed Barack Obama. - With a real pen.
It may have been signed by his secretary -
- but I want to
My mother had a birthday on the 4th of November -
- and Amanda and I participated in <br
I was overwhelmed by a huge sense of relief -
- and I just started to cry.
I called my mother. It was amazing. </ P>
Black, White, Asian, Latin Americans, Native Americans -
- Gay, heterosexual /> or disabled...
Today, Americans have said that we are not just a collection of individuals -
- or a collection of Red and Blue States.
We are and remain United States!
Suddenly, one of my works was known over almost the world.
I walked past Washington Airport on my way to the deployment -
- and then cups and jerseys and stuff with my picture.
It was absolutely absurd.
The wildest thing was, I started with 750 posters - </ p
and now the whole world had seen it.
Obama's campaign team asked me to make a "Change" poster -
- and a "Vote "posters they sold to fund the campaign.
I was even preparing -
- my own solo show at Boston Institute of Contemporary Art.
It seems as though it is necessary to turn it all counterclockwise.
It was scheduled before I made Obama -plakaten -
But the museum was very pleased that my popularity had risen.
Shepard Fairey is known for most for his street art and provocations.
This is the official insertion poster.
Most people knew Shepard -
- for the André the Giant stickers and the Obama image.
But most had not seen what he had done in the meantime.
His prints, his paintings and the hand painted series.
No one had gathered his works in a single place.
In the months before my solo exhibition in Boston -
I still went over to put posters and stickers.
The interesting thing about it was that we worked very outdoors.
We got permission to beautify past due buildings.
We had plenty of surfaces.
It got a police officer's attention. It was not the posters -
- but because I had spoken an interview in NPR.
I said street art was a legitimate art direction -
- and that I defended my actions in this regard. </ / p>
He thought it was very offensive.
Do you think people who do not want street art on the houses -
- or on signs and the like, have a pointe?
Graffiti and street art do not fit all over the place, so I always try -
I pay taxes so I own some of the public space.
I have the right to put things up where they make people least.
I only use clean-up buildings -
- and where there is already graffiti.
We were in Boston and there was nightly fame
It was a big day for him. We had to take a taxi to the museum.
I received a message from Amanda. "Shepard is taken by police. "
A police car stopped in front of the taxi, one stop behind and one by the side.
I thought," What's going on? "
p> I actually thought the taxi driver had a kilo of cocaine in the car.
They had nine civilians and cars.
"Out of the car!" They raised him and put handcuffs on him. </ P>
I was charged with 32 crimes. </ P>
Listen to everyone! I have something to say to you.
You may have heard the rumors about it -
But Shepard has been arrested.
But we have the house filled with all his works -
- so stay here and celebrate Shepard tonight.
He needs all the energy you can give him.
Do you agree? Can you give him your love and energy? </ P>
Then we start! </ P>
I was shocked and disturbed. We would present an artist. </ P>
It was a good advertisement for Boston. He gave the mayor his hand.
It was completely grinning.
Shepard has been in jail before, but when he sits there this weekend -
-so they do not give him his...
Excuse me... They do not give him his insulin -
- and then he becomes ill.
I was afraid of Shepard's behalf.
The street artist, known for his Obama posters -
- has been arrested in Boston.
It is alleged that two arrest warrant against him.
I called a lawyer, as one known at the museum -
- and we went to the arrest together and we got him out in the morning.
Then I was told that he was charged with vandalism.
Call the police.
Welcome to My name is Jamie Kenneally.
We have a good program tonight. We need to talk to Bill Kelly.
- May I call you </ P>
Some policemen from Boston's Anti-Fraud Department -
- built their entire career to arrest graffiti artists.
And Shepard was a famous artist, so it was a beautiful trophy.
The difference between graffiti and art is a permission.
If it looks so good why is it not on your house?
Why not on your car or at your father's company? </ P>
If it's art, should they try to sell it. </ P>
He continued to reiterate that I was a person who...
I did not respect society. "Respect the community," he said.
"If you do not
It's not his first sentence.
He has been arrested for having graffiti made throughout the country .
Shepard performed most of his art on past buildings -
- and there were often advertisements for Madewell and Urban Outfitters.
There are advertising posters that are as illegal as Shepards.
There is no difference. Same materials without permission.
They get someone But they do it without permission.
It's selective enforcement. They were just out of Shepard.
They arrested me for some posters and stickers in Boston -
- and most of it was about the stickers.
But they did not care. <br / </ P>
Police Inspector Kelly was in search of new charges. </ P>
Han wanted to be fully in favor of me
for all posters and stickers. walked around and found stickers so he could add a sentence.
I risked two and a half years prison per sentence -
- and 32 allegations correspond to something like 83 years in prison.
I just wanted to open my first solo exhibition at the museum -
and I had received attention after the Obama poster.
The original had also come in the Smithsonian portrait gallery.
But instead, I was arrested, and some days later -
- called the Associated Press and said:
"You've used our photography -
- and we'll see all
Shepard's image became an unofficial symbol of the Obama campaign -
- and here's a 2006 photo, owned by the Associated Press.
AP claims that it requires permission.
They would have all the money I had earned .
But I had used them to make more posters so it was impossible.
It got a group of lawyers to stand up and defend me.
>
I was sent on a mission to photograph George Clooney -
-which visited Washington DC
I found a photo of Obama and Clooney at a conference -
But the solution was too bad. </ P>
I liked Obama's gaze, so I continued. </ P>
found a better picture, where only Obama was.
A colleague named Tom Gralish at Philadelphia Inquirer called.
"Listen here... The Obama picture is yours, and I can prove it. "</ P>
Our defense against AP regarding copyright infringement was -
-I meant it was reasonable use.
But if they wanted, I could pay The $ 300 license fee.
I was worried for Shepard Fairey's attitude.
He was very brave. He said, "Yes,
"I transformed this image -"
- and I have nothing < br /> legal responsibility. </ P>
The photographer who took the photo will now intervene in the trial. </ P>
According to Anthony Falzone from Stanford University, there is no crime.
The fair use law can protect Shepard.
One can be creative, even if you copy something -
Man kan sagtens være kreativ, selvom man kopierer noget-
- and I think it has the democratic process -
- and given the powerless power back so I'm extremely satisfied.
It was brave. </ P>
But it was still a lot...
It was the start of something bad. </ P>
The 2nd of January at about. 13 -
- became a person who turned out to be Shepard Fairey, seen by the police -
- when he put a sticker on the back of a traffic sign.
He was asked to remove it, which he did.
- Was there any destruction? - No.
Why did he say for destruction of property? </ P>
We will show that there has been damage. </ P>
He was asked to remove this sticker ?
Gjorde han det? Hvor er skaden så?
When he removed the sticker...
- Was there any leftovers on the sign? - No.
However, when he placed the sticker he suffered damage on the sign.
A policeman who had free saw me set it up -
- and he later testified that he had seen me Do it.
He bade me climb up and remove it and I did.
I had also posted a poster over a window of boards
They negotiated with my lawyer. "If he confesses the two things-"
- and blame and pay a fine-
"- We'll definitely drop the case."
- Please enter name and age. - Frank Shepard Fairey, 39 years.
- Do you want to hear the facts? - It's unnecessary.
Two minor offenses are much better than 32 gross crimes.
You are judged a probationary period of two years -
- and it will expire on 6 July 2011.
- Thank you. - Thank you.
I'm glad it's over.
I'll continue to make art -
- so it's nice that this is over
for months
> But the issues with the Associated Press continued. </ P>
Now, the people I had lied about said which image I had used. </ P>
- left in the frame, but it was absolutely not.
I do not know who had claimed it from the outset.
When the lawyers asked me what image I used -
- I replied that I had used a cropped version of this photo. </ P>
I offer Welcome to the National Press Club.
It turned out that the cropped photo was enlarged and taken -
- a few seconds later by the same photographer.
But it was not the same picture.
I did not realize, because I never compared the pictures.
Why is that so important? Here we see the image used for the poster -
- and the image with George Clooney, and they are almost identical. </ P>
Yes, and some lawyers argue, It does not matter -
- but according to AP, it's crucial. It's bad news for Fairey.
The lawsuit in Boston was very stressful -
- and I was actually on the verge of a nervous breakdown.
In addition, I had to admit I had made an error regarding the image.
So I made it worse for
I adhered to the version that I had used a cropped photo.
I did not say either to the lawyers or Amanda, that I was wrong -
- regarding the two pictures. In addition, I felt stupid.
I tried to hide it <
I remember him one day said, "I have to talk to you about something."
He said it < br /> in such a strange way -
- I either thought he was dying or had an affair.
He said, "Sit down."
"No, I want Do not put me down. Say it while I get up. "
" I refuse to put myself. " Then he told me the story.
When I realized that I could lie under oath -
I agreed to my lawyers. </ P>
I said, "Why did you do that? " " It did not matter. "
But he had sworn that was the second photo.
They could use all this to It felt very threatening.
It was not about money for me -
- but about my freedom. It was easy.
/ p>
But he did not feel well.
This was the first time I had done something so cowardly.
I did everything what I
I said to him: "If you just said that..."
"If you had said that, when it started -
- I could have helped you through it. "
It was one of the most difficult periods in our relationship. </ / p>
I never let him do it.
I would have done everything in my power to save him.
We decided he should stand up and tell it to his lawyers.
When I spoke with the lawyers, they became very frustrated -
- and it was incredibly difficult for me "Why did not you say that?"
"Your chances of winning were good regardless of the image."
"You would have won, but now you have cast a bad light on the case -
- Because you appear to be a villain."
"It will affect the entire procedure, and we can not continue with you. "
" A spokesman for Fairey has stated that lawyers may drop the case. "
</ P>
He presented false evidence. </ P>
Shepard Fairey has acknowledged, that an Associated Press photograph -
was the model for the Obama poster.
Fairey has acknowledged that he has destroyed and forged documents -
- in a dispute with the Associated Press. </
Judgment will be delivered in July.
When I became aware of the facts, I saw a chance to clarify -
- How much an action an artist should have -
- when using copyrighted images.
So that was basically <
I think artists are right to create new, edited photos -
- from existing photos. The
My message to the artists is: If you want something -
- to promote your own work, then it's fine .
But respect your professional colleagues -
- and ask for permission. That's all. </ P>
The photo did not have any icon status. Not at all. </ P>
Shepard made it an icon. It was his merit. </ P>
If he wanted to sell T-shirts, and if there was one movie star -
- The photographer must be compensated, however bad the picture is.
But using a politician's picture to express himself is different.
The room was filled with photographers, took photos. It was impersonal. </ P>
Freedom of speech is important in America, and Shepard saw something in that picture. </ P>
Fairey denies the matter because is because
According to AP, his photo is a pure copy, which does not add anything new.
Journalism would be threatened -
- if everyone could copy things without ever paying for it.
Associated Press & apos; Claims would have ruined Shepard.
The license fee for a photo is of up to a few thousand dollars -
and the required millions of dollars.
AP wanted to make sure that the case created precedence.
If you steal or take something from AP -
- then your long arms After you.
AP could afford more attorneys -
- so they could squeeze Shepard hard over a long period of time.
Shepard could not. He and Amanda were in trouble. </ P>
It was a dark time for me. It was stressful and depressing. </ P>
Han had a black cloud over his head.
But we have children and he is a wonderful father -
- and he was there for all time.
p>
The girls always come first. I think he was the best -
- when he was with them.
Amanda was very stressed because of all that was happening.
It would have been easier on my own.
Band 1, Series 5 by Shepard Faireys <
It was a stressful experience.
If you do not give them the answer, as they want -
- then they ask the question five times in different ways.
They try to make it look as if something has been done seriously.
You know what photograph you used to make the Obama picture? </ P>
I thought I knew it. </ P>
The Associated Press was complete
They wanted to crucify him in a way that I did not really understand.
- Have you read the printout? - Yes.
When did you say it was wrong by Fairey to use your photograph?
- I did not say that. - We take a break.
It was a lunch break, and I said:
"Shepard, do you want to eat lunch with me?" </ P>
And the sledding animals went completely crazy. </ P>
We looked at them and said, "We eat lunch. See you." </ P>
I said to him: "I respect photographers and collaborate with them." </ P> >
"I also defend people, if I can sense -
- that they are being used by others." I think we two -
- looks more like each other than than we look like people from the AP.
Shepard gave me my hand and said sorry.
Han sagde: "Jeg skulle have kontaktet dig tidligere."
"I apologize. I'd like to do it again."
He began to realize that I had not done it for the sake of money -
- and that I did not even expect to win recognition of it.
We had been linked because it was a difficult time.
We should go to court when the AP would conclude a settlement. </ P>
AP was probably worried and they should also -
- for It's the kind of complaint that would be a disadvantage for them.
-In talks with artists.
Your goal was to achieve a large sum Shepard's money -
-to get a final verdict.
Shepard signed a settlement with AP, and AP signed a settlement with me.
p> So... it took its time, and it was exhausting.
I asked my lawyers, how much money it had costed -
- before I finally could go my way Shepard could go away -
and AP their way.
They estimated it to about $ 15 million.
Most of that money was used by Associated Press
Attorneys.
It was never settled by court, whether it was fair use or not.
If the case had been terminated
Shepard probably won.
You probably can not recognize but you can recognize Shepard Fairey.
But it was I took that photo as he used to make a poster -
- to be chosen our first black president.
It's all right.
I have no problems with it.
It was humiliating, and I was ashamed of it.
Nobody can say how long people will remember it -
always comes to haunt me.
When it was over, I did something I always do something stressful.
I worked, <br
I had seen one of his exhibitions -
- and I was impressed over his portraits.
They were far better in quality than the Obama portrait.
I thought he was one of the most original and insightful
<p
The gallery owner Jeffrey Deitch, whom I greatly admire -
- for his program in New York, asked me make an exhibition.
I suggested him a theme: A portrait of America.
Portraits of Underground Heroes and some of our political heroes.
I had something to work on and correct my energy.
I was both Socially and politically frustrated -
-and frustrated by myself.
It took at least one year to create this amazing portrait gallery.
I decided to call the exhibition "Mayday".
I feared that an exhibition on Deitch Projects -
- which is a highly regarded
Some people hoped that I got a lukewarm criticism -
- so they could say, That the "Hope" poster was a daylight.
That I was not a true artist. I'd rather resist it.
In the morning, the audience began to queue before seven o'clock.
When we opened, it was so full that they almost had to block the street.
I've been very lucky. People know my art.
I can live as an artist and I have a clothes tag.
My income
Now I can invest my money in things that are really close to me.
People know not that he makes many things free.
Gay Marriages, Citizens United, Money in Politics -
The system and mass affairs.
Climate change.
It was easier when I was younger and made stickers and stencils -
-style fame.
But when you decorate the Eiffel Tower, it's going to be good.
At the Climate Change Conference in Paris , leaders, researchers gather
- and speakers to Encourage to act against climate change.
One will decide how the countries will reduce greenhouse gases
and provide the necessary financial support.
p> I made a earthquake between the second and third floors.
You could see a mandala, a flower pattern -
- and different
Some of them spoke for green energy and others against fossil fuels.
Nobody had made a three-dimensional installation on the Eiffel Tower before.
To unite an entertaining value with a significant message -
- In the same work, a business was and I'm proud of it.
It conveyed my message, and the place was absolutely unique. </ P>
Art often forms a starting point for a conversation between people. </ P>
There are a lot of people-
- which will engage in the debate about climate change.
But if art attracts others, then it's hugely valuable.
Sorry. </ P>
We have our first forecast. Donald Trump wins in Kentucky. </ P>
He probably wins an unexpected place. - Donald Trump wins in Ohio. </ P>
- It's sensational. - Trump wins in Pennsylvania. </ P>
- Donald Trump wins in Florida. - It's a totally surreal choice.
USA! USA! USA!
My need to make my art significant -
- comes from the things in life, that I have interested in.
Now I try to take my frustration and my impulses -
- and do something constructively with it and I do the best with the art.
We follow
It will be the biggest deployment protest ever.
The crowds begin to grow.
And it's not only in Washington. People march across the country.
The cold has not stopped the 20,000 participants in the march.
200,000 protesters were expected. There are now 500,000. </ P>
Women marches have been arranged 600 places on seven continents. </ P>
Jeg er mere en kunstner end en aktivist.
As an activist, you never do.
As an artist, I do a lot.
I've lasted longer than several generations of critics.
<
We are here for a limited time, and I will not waste a second.
Associated Press has denied that
Shepard has been re-accused for property destruction.
This time it's in Detroit.
If he is being sentenced, he is in prison for two years.
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