Comments on: consumer propaganda (or, the world has no longer has meaning) http://www.amyleblanc.com/2009/01/consumer-propaganda got words but not loquacious Thu, 25 Apr 2013 16:16:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: weston http://www.amyleblanc.com/2009/01/consumer-propaganda#comment-40657 weston Mon, 16 Mar 2009 15:58:43 +0000 http://www.amyleblanc.com/?p=3678#comment-40657 so you have to work for a company on your list to be a sell out. does nike go on that list? there goes everyone so you have to work for a company on your list to be a sell out. does nike go on that list? there goes everyone

]]> By: amy.leblanc http://www.amyleblanc.com/2009/01/consumer-propaganda#comment-39626 amy.leblanc Wed, 14 Jan 2009 20:08:57 +0000 http://www.amyleblanc.com/?p=3678#comment-39626 for the record: i'm not a hater on artists who get popular/make tons of cash. my definition of "selling out" has nothing to do with how much money you make off what you are doing or whether or not you hold down a "real job" in order to fund your art. it has to do with who you contract/work with in order to get that money. i if you can manage to make a good living of off your art without selling it to coca cola, clear channel, or saks fifth avenue, that's the best thing one could hope for. as a matter of fact, i wish the whole world worked that way. for the record: i’m not a hater on artists who get popular/make tons of cash. my definition of “selling out” has nothing to do with how much money you make off what you are doing or whether or not you hold down a “real job” in order to fund your art. it has to do with who you contract/work with in order to get that money. i if you can manage to make a good living of off your art without selling it to coca cola, clear channel, or saks fifth avenue, that’s the best thing one could hope for. as a matter of fact, i wish the whole world worked that way.

]]> By: amy leblanc http://www.amyleblanc.com/2009/01/consumer-propaganda#comment-39620 amy leblanc Tue, 13 Jan 2009 23:45:29 +0000 http://www.amyleblanc.com/?p=3678#comment-39620 now, yes, obviously. i assigned some meaning to something that perhaps wasn't true. maybe shephard fairey was never trying to do anything except sell his art to the highest bidder, regardless of who. maybe he never wanted to actually be part of a new revolution; he just liked the aesthetic of one. still, seeing this pains me in ways that are much larger than whatever shepard fairey is doing or why. now, yes, obviously.

i assigned some meaning to something that perhaps wasn’t true. maybe shephard fairey was never trying to do anything except sell his art to the highest bidder, regardless of who. maybe he never wanted to actually be part of a new revolution; he just liked the aesthetic of one.

still, seeing this pains me in ways that are much larger than whatever shepard fairey is doing or why.

]]> By: aaronb http://www.amyleblanc.com/2009/01/consumer-propaganda#comment-39619 aaronb Tue, 13 Jan 2009 21:18:08 +0000 http://www.amyleblanc.com/?p=3678#comment-39619 You could put together a nice career as shep fairey's critical foil. You could put together a nice career as shep fairey’s critical foil.

]]> By: Miu http://www.amyleblanc.com/2009/01/consumer-propaganda#comment-39618 Miu Tue, 13 Jan 2009 21:01:33 +0000 http://www.amyleblanc.com/?p=3678#comment-39618 He is a commercial artist and graphic designer. He is a commercial artist and graphic designer.

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