Shepard Fairey AG Soda

[easycraig]

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-someone drank the kool aid ............ ec

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[cybernigel]

fair enough on the un-constructive criticism... - i do apologize.... -its just that so many of you pine for this thing when it does come around, i feel like i need to stand up for the other side....

i did pull out my 95 Alternate Graphics Catalog and it does have some ads for t-shirts and stickers of your favorite soda pop boy.... -so he must be worth something! ec

http://forum.thegiant.org/viewtopic.php ... d&start=25

[cybernigel]

Well waddya know? Far cry from $80...

Worth every penny. This one of my top 5 Shep prints for sure. Owning this print is like owning part of the movement.

[easycraig]

those are some sweet t-shirts and tags! - had not seen that thread... thanks! ec

[djsp]

Well waddya know? Far cry from $80...

Worth every penny. This one of my top 5 Shep prints for sure. Owning this print is like owning part of the movement.

"Owning this print is like owning part of the bowel movement." I fixed your post for you.
I cybernigel'd cybernigel! it is a proud day for me.
Sorry I couldn't help myself.

[jjttdw]

I'm glad it sold out in the open so everyone could see what it went for. If it went toa board member, congrats.

[spagucci1]

Well waddya know? Far cry from $80...

Worth every penny. This one of my top 5 Shep prints for sure. Owning this print is like owning part of the movement.

"Owning this print is like owning part of the bowel movement." I fixed your post for you.
I cybernigel'd cybernigel! it is a proud day for me.
Sorry I couldn't help myself.

That "fix" was a crappy one.

So are folks now gonna start questioning the $1800 sale?

[cybernigel]

Well waddya know? Far cry from $80...

Worth every penny. This one of my top 5 Shep prints for sure. Owning this print is like owning part of the movement.

"Owning this print is like owning part of the bowel movement." I fixed your post for you.
I cybernigel'd cybernigel! it is a proud day for me.
Sorry I couldn't help myself.

well played but I'm sodapressed that you don't like this print.

[conartstudio]

Well waddya know? Far cry from $80...

Worth every penny. This one of my top 5 Shep prints for sure. Owning this print is like owning part of the movement.

"Owning this print is like owning part of the bowel movement." I fixed your post for you.
I cybernigel'd cybernigel! it is a proud day for me.
Sorry I couldn't help myself.

That "fix" was a crappy one.

So are folks now gonna start questioning the $1800 sale?

i'm not questioning the $1800 sale, because as we all know, people will buy anything... the thing i question is people's taste because this is one hideous looking image

[spagucci1]

Well waddya know? Far cry from $80...

Worth every penny. This one of my top 5 Shep prints for sure. Owning this print is like owning part of the movement.

"Owning this print is like owning part of the bowel movement." I fixed your post for you.
I cybernigel'd cybernigel! it is a proud day for me.
Sorry I couldn't help myself.

That "fix" was a crappy one.

So are folks now gonna start questioning the $1800 sale?

i'm not questioning the $1800 sale, because as we all know, people will buy anything... the thing i question is people's taste because this is one hideous looking image

Same could be said for Heavy Metal or Andre Warhol but for some reason those prints get the ugly pass.

[easycraig]

"Same could be said for Heavy Metal or Andre Warhol but for some reason those prints get the ugly pass."

they ^^^ don't in my book, by any means.... but that is just me. - i have a hard enough time just looking at the regular andre image.

- he just gets super nasty when you start throwing different wigs on him

- the only reason i like the KISS print is because it actually looks like Gene.... + fire is always better then hair !

[djsp]

Well waddya know? Far cry from $80...

Worth every penny. This one of my top 5 Shep prints for sure. Owning this print is like owning part of the movement.

"Owning this print is like owning part of the bowel movement." I fixed your post for you.
I cybernigel'd cybernigel! it is a proud day for me.
Sorry I couldn't help myself.

That "fix" was a crappy one.

So are folks now gonna start questioning the $1800 sale?

Well played. I do not question it. I am not a conspiracy theorist on this. Someone wanted it and bought it. Not my fav, but good on them. this was an out in the open auction, so really all auctions need to be called into question if this one is. Anyway, I like a lot of things others don't have a taste for. Stop by and see my pile of Bask work sometime.

[djsp]

Well waddya know? Far cry from $80...

Worth every penny. This one of my top 5 Shep prints for sure. Owning this print is like owning part of the movement.

"Owning this print is like owning part of the bowel movement." I fixed your post for you.
I cybernigel'd cybernigel! it is a proud day for me.
Sorry I couldn't help myself.

well played but I'm sodapressed that you don't like this print.

[conartstudio]

Well waddya know? Far cry from $80...

Worth every penny. This one of my top 5 Shep prints for sure. Owning this print is like owning part of the movement.

"Owning this print is like owning part of the bowel movement." I fixed your post for you.
I cybernigel'd cybernigel! it is a proud day for me.
Sorry I couldn't help myself.

That "fix" was a crappy one.

So are folks now gonna start questioning the $1800 sale?

i'm not questioning the $1800 sale, because as we all know, people will buy anything... the thing i question is people's taste because this is one hideous looking image

Same could be said for Heavy Metal or Andre Warhol but for some reason those prints get the ugly pass.

of course it could because they are all pretty ugly... the difference is that heavy metal and andre warhol are actually prints. AG soda is just a paster used for a gag/stunt. i completely understand it's historical importance and collectibility but it's neither a print or fine art. would i mind owning AG, not at all, but do i want to own it to the point i would pay $1800 for it... absolutely not.

heavy metal and andre warhol are ugly prints, AG is just ugly - taste is subjective and whether something is ugly or not is just my personal opinion.

[halopigg]

Andre Heavy Metal for life.

[analogtrash]

Well waddya know? Far cry from $80...

Worth every penny. This one of my top 5 Shep prints for sure. Owning this print is like owning part of the movement.

"Owning this print is like owning part of the bowel movement." I fixed your post for you.
I cybernigel'd cybernigel! it is a proud day for me.
Sorry I couldn't help myself.

That "fix" was a crappy one.

So are folks now gonna start questioning the $1800 sale?

i'm not questioning the $1800 sale, because as we all know, people will buy anything... the thing i question is people's taste because this is one hideous looking image

Same could be said for Heavy Metal or Andre Warhol but for some reason those prints get the ugly pass.

of course it could because they are all pretty ugly... the difference is that heavy metal and andre warhol are actually prints. AG soda is just a paster used for a gag/stunt. i completely understand it's historical importance and collectibility but it's neither a print or fine art. would i mind owning AG, not at all, but do i want to own it to the point i would pay $1800 for it... absolutely not.

heavy metal and andre warhol are ugly prints, AG is just ugly - taste is subjective and whether something is ugly or not is just my personal opinion.

It is an unsigned silkscreen on thick stock paper, for clarity. The only "pasters" I have seen similar to this were the signed prints from "regular" editions that Shep used to paste up in the pre 2000 days.

[conartstudio]

Well waddya know? Far cry from $80...

Worth every penny. This one of my top 5 Shep prints for sure. Owning this print is like owning part of the movement.

"Owning this print is like owning part of the bowel movement." I fixed your post for you.
I cybernigel'd cybernigel! it is a proud day for me.
Sorry I couldn't help myself.

That "fix" was a crappy one.

So are folks now gonna start questioning the $1800 sale?

i'm not questioning the $1800 sale, because as we all know, people will buy anything... the thing i question is people's taste because this is one hideous looking image

Same could be said for Heavy Metal or Andre Warhol but for some reason those prints get the ugly pass.

of course it could because they are all pretty ugly... the difference is that heavy metal and andre warhol are actually prints. AG soda is just a paster used for a gag/stunt. i completely understand it's historical importance and collectibility but it's neither a print or fine art. would i mind owning AG, not at all, but do i want to own it to the point i would pay $1800 for it... absolutely not.

heavy metal and andre warhol are ugly prints, AG is just ugly - taste is subjective and whether something is ugly or not is just my personal opinion.

It is an unsigned silkscreen on thick stock paper, for clarity. The only "pasters" I have seen similar to this were the signed prints from "regular" editions that Shep used to paste up in the pre 2000 days.

i didn't say it wasn't a screen print on thick paper... and fyi, the AG soda is from the pre 2000 days

[analogtrash]

That comment was meant to reflect that Shepard pasted signed and numbered prints from his regular sold editions, and that if your definition of a "paster" relates to works being used on the street, you would essentially be labeling some of his normal signed and numbered prints as pasters in the same way as AG soda, which is fine. Although AG soda is unsigned/unnumbered, when viewed in person most would draw more of a direct comparison to a print from an edition of Shepard's rather than one of his typical pasters.

Many people define "pasters" as xeroxed or printed on very thin paper, modern day "pasters" as the general public knows them are very distinguishable from modern day prints. For those who define pasters based on printing method and paper type, AG soda should not be defined as a paster.

[conartstudio]

That comment was meant to reflect that Shepard pasted signed and numbered prints from his regular sold editions, and that if your definition of a "paster" relates to works being used on the street, you would essentially be labeling some of his normal signed and numbered prints as pasters in the same way as AG soda, which is fine. Although AG soda is unsigned/unnumbered, when viewed one in person most would draw more of a direct comparison to a print from an edition of Shepard's rather than one of his typical pasters.

Many people define "pasters" as xeroxed or printed on very thin paper, modern day "pasters" as the general public knows them are very distinguishable from modern day prints. For those who define pasters based on printing method and paper type, AG soda should not be defined as a paster.

i define a paster as to the purpose it servers and not by the paper stock it's on.

you can draw whatever conclusion you want when looking at the AG Soda print but the fact that it wasn't made to be a print doesn't change. the sole purpose of these were to be put up on the streets as a mock/parody/publicity stunt/gage against corporate america trying to sell to gen-x. they are collectible from a historical standpoint. they are also still ugly

[cybernigel]

Andre Heavy Metal for life.

+pie
I prefer anything with griny Andre. I remember being kinda bummed when icon came out and he stopped using real Andre faces.

[analogtrash]

That comment was meant to reflect that Shepard pasted signed and numbered prints from his regular sold editions, and that if your definition of a "paster" relates to works being used on the street, you would essentially be labeling some of his normal signed and numbered prints as pasters in the same way as AG soda, which is fine. Although AG soda is unsigned/unnumbered, when viewed one in person most would draw more of a direct comparison to a print from an edition of Shepard's rather than one of his typical pasters.

Many people define "pasters" as xeroxed or printed on very thin paper, modern day "pasters" as the general public knows them are very distinguishable from modern day prints. For those who define pasters based on printing method and paper type, AG soda should not be defined as a paster.

i define a paster as to the purpose it servers and not by the paper stock it's on.

you can draw whatever conclusion you want when looking at the AG Soda print but the fact that it wasn't made to be a print doesn't change. the sole purpose of these were to be put up on the streets as a mock/parody/publicity stunt/gage against corporate america trying to sell to gen-x. they are collectible from a historical standpoint. they are also still ugly

I agree as long as you are clear about your definition.