Wednesday, October 19, 2011

OBEY

Obey clothing, Obey propaganda, the Obey movement. Obey is a now hugely popular clothing brand among rich city kids, and people who think they are rich city kids. It also comes along with a gnarly price tag. Obey didn't start out as this huge company suing everyone they feel like though, Obey used to be rad.
Shepard Fairey, used to be one of my heroes. Obey used to influence how I looked at the world. It used to be making fun of advertisements and the government and make you look at things. It used to be a part of the street art movement. Now he just sues people and makes clothes in Indonesia and sells it for 35 a shirt. Back in the heyday he used to be against outsourcing and the use of child labor.
okay maybe this is really exaggerated. This is really exaggerated. He doesn't use slave labor or anything, he does sue people, and he did sell out. That's why I'm so mad, I used to look up to a movement that focused on art, and now it focuses on money. It used to be focused on a cause, now its focused on trends. Just stay true to your art guys.

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