Shepard Fairey Supply and Demand

In what has been the most hyped, anticipated and ok, at least since I've been in Cincinnati, the most controversial show, Fairey's Supply and Demand opened Friday to what had to be record crowds. I heard stories that at one point the line stretched to 7th St while we wandered the gallery amazed. I'm not going to rehash what Fairey's critics have claimed, its all been said too many times. I think my definition of art, "does it raise strong emotions?" has been fully met by Fairy. Love him or hate him everyone has strong opinions. I've never discussed art with a more diverse group of people before.
Upon entering the galleries and finally getting a close up look at his work my biggest surprise was the depth and layers in even the simplest of his compositions. The longer it was studied them, the more details revealed themselves.
Mr. Fairey, well done.

Shepard Fairey Supply Demand
Shepard Fairey Supply Demand
Shepard Fairey Supply Demand

What better way to kick off the evening than a drink created and mixed by Molly Wellman for the show?
If anyone in Cincinnati is a bigger rockstar than the 5chw4r7z its Molly.
Shepard Fairey Supply Demand
Shepard Fairey Supply Demand

The gallery's were relatively empty for about an hour before the gates opened to the general public and a tidal wave of humanity flowed in.
Shepard Fairey Supply Demand
Shepard Fairey Supply Demand

The buzz got so intense Friday afternoon I was making myself sick.
Then @redrabbit asked me to grab her and @prolix21 a poster. No probs, the favor took some of the edge of waiting for the show to open.
Its a good thing I grabbed them one, the limited edition prints signed by the artist sold out by ten.
It was so nice to finally meet them after knowing them at least a year online. Although they're from Cincinnati, they've vowed to take another look at their city and rediscover it, and blog it along the way in their Cincinnati Re-adventure.
Cincinnati Re-Adventure
Cincinnati Re-Adventure

Fairey also spent half of last week installing 7 awesome murals around the city.
Take that New York.[where:44 East Sixth Street Cincinnati, Ohio 45202]best place to learn how to live downtown cincinnati ohio modern contemporary art center dwontown cincinnati ohio Lois Richard Rosenthal Shepard Fairey Supply Demand obey giant Pedro H. Alonzo

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10 comments:

  1. Jenny and I went mural hunting yesterday and it was great fun. There were lots of other people out doing the same thing...often asking one another where the other murals were located, and sharing are random discoveries of other small mementos left behind by Fairey and his crew near the mural sites. It was also great to see the random people walking or driving by stop to take a look at the provocative mural. Great stuff.

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  2. Are you sure it's legal to publish photos of the guy's work ?

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  3. Nice post. The event on Friday was fantastic! The 7 initial murals will be part of a larger project we are working on tentatively titled, "Cincinnati in HDR". We have captured the 7 initial murals in HDR photographs and have included them in our online publication.

    You can see the HDR images and the beginnings of "Cincinnati in HDR" at the following link.

    We will be capturing every mural in HDR once more go up in the following months.

    http://thenoblevisions.wordpress/2010/02/21/shepard-fairey-part-ii-a-hdr-photographic-look-at-the-cincinnati-murals/

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  4. Quim, even if it wasn't legal neither Shepard or anyone from the CAC would have the right to complain about 5chw4r7z taking pictures of his work. Fairey has makes a living off of taking other peoples work without permission and altering to be his "own," so I think 5chw4r7z is ok in taking some photos of shepard's stuff.

    Great job documenting the evening 5chw4r7z.

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  5. Our opinions of what and what is not legal don't mean crap. I'll find out if a cease and desist order shows up in the mail.
    In the mean time, I'm not repoducing the images for profit, most were taken from the sidewalk and the other has people in it.
    Time will tell.

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  6. Its totally legal to take pictures of his stuff, you have the copyright in the photo, he has the copyright in the work itself. Basic copyright law. So long as there is some element of artistic composition in the photo, you are fine (and this bar is very very low). To confirm, when we got into the line about 9:15 or 9:30 or so, the line was all the way back to righteous room. And at that point it was so crowded that I couldn't even get to the galleries.

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  7. I like your photos better than the actual works.

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  8. I think its illegal that 5chw4r7z is so awesome!

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  9. Personally, I like that you took a photo of the banner :)

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  10. Disagree with your comment about not being a good writer - your voice is bluntly humorous.

    I nominate this post for best use of irony by commenters: IE: is it legal to post pics of Fairey's work.

    [/ass-kissing]

    classicgrrl

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