"Most well known for his "Obey Giant" street posters, Shepard Fairey has carefully nurtured a reputation as a heroic guerilla street artist waging a one man campaign against the corporate powers-that-be. Infantile posturing aside, Fairey’s art is problematic for another, more troubling reason - that of plagiarism."
- Mark Vallen

You guys should definitely read this full article about it: http://www.art-for-a-change.com/Obey/index.htm

Addendum: Here's the rebuttal to this article http://www.supertouchart.com/2009/02/02/editorial-the-medium-is-the-message-shepard-fairey-and-the-art-of-appropriation/

All in all it still makes me wonder. In any case, plagiarist or not .. there's no denying his impact to the art world and political world.

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