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Shepard Fairey
Shepard Fairey
American Artist
Born: Feb 15, 1970
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Related authors: Andy Warhol Jackson Pollock Jean-Michel Basquiat Jeff Koons Kehinde Wiley Keith Haring Yoko Ono
The most important thing about intellectual property vs. creative expression is that copyright law was created not to stifle creativity but to encourage creativity. Shepard Fairey
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I do think that copyrights and intellectual property are important - it's important to be able to keep people from making verbatim copies of a particular creation that could somehow hurt the creator. Shepard Fairey
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If I spend time conceiving and making a piece of art, and somebody else sees that it has market value and replicates it in order to steal part of my market, then that's not cool. Shepard Fairey
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The way I make art - the way a lot of people make art - is as an extension of language and communication, where references are incredibly important. Shepard Fairey
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I never set out to be a groundbreaking artist in the sense of doing something that's never been done before. I set out to make stuff that communicated quickly and effectively, playing off of advertising, pop art, and pop culture. Shepard Fairey
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I'm not going to be intimidated by people or identity politics. I think that's a dead end. Shepard Fairey
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I consider myself a multi-platform artist - not just a street artist - but the audience I found through street art has created many of the opportunities I now have on other platforms. Shepard Fairey
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If you're creating something that has some sort of cultural currency - if the idea is getting out there - then that will probably yield money in some form, whether it's through selling art or selling books or being asked to give a lecture. Shepard Fairey
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When I think about how I want to reach an audience, I just wanted to make pieces that were inspired by something that gave me so much pleasure. Shepard Fairey
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People romanticize struggle and obscurity, and I get that, but it's a very one-dimensional argument to say that people who have money are evil, and artists who are poor are virtuous. Shepard Fairey
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I hoped that Obama would be a delivery vehicle for change on issues I care about, but I never expect one politician to be the solution to the diverse array of issues I care about. Shepard Fairey
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Art shows and the institutions end up being the couriers for culture for the next generation and are an important component as well. It may seem ironic from one perspective, but I think if you look at my overall strategy, it's actually not out of step. Shepard Fairey
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I admire Ai Weiwei for his art and his activism. His art is beautiful in form, and in function embodies the principles of populism and social consciousness I aspire to in my own practice. Shepard Fairey
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On the street, people aren't bashful. They will say if they like something or if they think it sucks. Shepard Fairey
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In the case of the Obama poster, I was just exercising my First Amendment rights - and my free speech is exercised visually. People who want to talk or write in order to share an opinion about Obama can do that, but when I want to say what I think about him, I need to make a portrait. Shepard Fairey
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One of the reasons I started my clothing line was because I went into an Urban Outfitters, and they were bootlegging my star logo on T-shirts. Shepard Fairey
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I was a huge Operation Ivy fan. Shepard Fairey
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I try to make my clothing line an entry point for discovering the substance of the rest of my work. Shepard Fairey
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