depicting the colorful face of Sarkozy in the now mythical Obama campaign style
I would like to say, anyone breathing who was ALSO alive TWENTY or FORTY and FIFTY or SIXTY YEARS AGO recognizes that the "style" is signature WARHOLE, a shoe designer. (I'm not certain one needs to be a "professional" curator or art conaisseur to see the obvious integrations of high and low.) And that WARHOLE truly innovated the GENRE of portraiture by DEFACING institutional norms of portraiture in much the same rude manner as Monet, Picasso, Delauney etc "innovated" the received wisdom (Murdoch Alert) of (commercial) art market, yes, pricing.
Let's not, please, get carried away by purportedly novel rumen of "revolution" speech. You've see the signs before. For godssakes, even I've pulled this scam to sell records. Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.
Shepard Fairey - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Fairey created a series of posters supporting Barack Obama's candidacy for President in 2008, including the "HOPE" portrait.[17] [18] [19] He then created an exclusive design for Rock the Vote. He sits on the advisory board of Reaching to Embrace the Arts, a not-for-profit organization that provides art supplies to disadvantaged schools and students.[20] On November 5, 2008, the city of Chicago posted street banners throughout the downtown Loop business district featuring Fairey's Obama "HOPE" portrait. The banners say "Congratulations Chicago's Own Barack Obama, President-Elect of the United States of America." [21]
Fairey created a series of posters supporting Barack Obama's candidacy for President in 2008, including the "HOPE" portrait.[17] [18] [19] He then created an exclusive design for Rock the Vote. He sits on the advisory board of Reaching to Embrace the Arts, a not-for-profit organization that provides art supplies to disadvantaged schools and students.[20]
On November 5, 2008, the city of Chicago posted street banners throughout the downtown Loop business district featuring Fairey's Obama "HOPE" portrait. The banners say "Congratulations Chicago's Own Barack Obama, President-Elect of the United States of America." [21]
A first print run of 350 was sold out within minutes for $ 45 a piece, and, much to Fairey's annoyance, resold on ebay for a lot more. Wall Street Journal began to track the ebay prices, they quickly shot up to $ 3'000, and reached $ 10'000 in June. In July, a mixed media painting done by Fairey in the same style as his "Hope" poster, sold for $ 108'000.
Just don't get me started on the mechanics of "art production" .... aw, geeze ... migraine coming on though I just got out of bed ... Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.
