Shepard Fairey on Banksy

[masterkid45]

mbw is the best!!!!!!!

[artisticprodigy1]

Brainwash is not an artist.

[pwncommentatorz]

like what? Lol.

[planetarynm]

Shepard has his hand in all art forms, it's amazing! He even did the artwork and released Ashtar Command's new CD on his Obey Giant label!

[WhenYourStrange93]

fuck obama. RON PAUL 2012

[Inuaraq0111]

07:18 "is that the way you like it?" what the fuck is that kind of a question to ask?!!!

[Inuaraq0111]

love the fact that he hates on MBW!

[subjulio]

Mr. Brainwash sucks major donkey ass!!!

[kinggraff7]

brain wash is not an artist all he does is copy shit, and copy banksy!!! dum french guy!

[keiththel34f]

@kinggraff7 thats the point tho dudes just a troll

[rudeboytony]

@kinggraff7 Banksy's style is very similar to that of a "dum french guy" from years previous...Search for Blek Le Rat.

[DasUbermonk]

@rudeboytony Hey, thanks for that tip on Blek Le Rat. I had actually seen some of his work back in art school some years ago, but I never got his name. Then I got to know Banksy and started wondering if this french guy really existed or if I had just mixed the two up in my head. Now I know. You made justice to him, at least in my head :)

[dartwillis]

Shepard Fairey makes major bank. Dude is rolling in cash.

[meximeltbetch]

banksy is a real artist bro as is shepard fairey

[wilduhhh]

"To give him the freedom to do what what he wants to do, and the freedom to not have to do things like this" I love that quote.

[LetThemEatCustard]

Are you guys kidding me? Mr. Brainwash isn't an actual artist. He was made by Banksey for the film.

[wilduhhh]

@LetThemEatCustard

Your retarded and obviously didn't watch the documentary

[LetThemEatCustard]

@wilduhhh Yes, I did. He was obviously a character "made" for the film, to make a statement about the current state of the art world, and how manufactured it is.

Yes, he exists, but hes OBVIOUSLY been created by Banksy for the film.

[wilduhhh]

@LetThemEatCustard

sorry i didn't mean to be rude, your right I read mor einto and watched the movie again

[011011001100111]

Its funny cause banksy copied blek, and does knock offs of other artists. Mr. brainwash just did what banksy does, but banksy did it a little better.

basically they are both asshats, one more than the other

[Thelittlegreeny]

brainwash is the copy of andy warhol

[Koolgit]

Shepard is looking old.

[TREXRAWRRRxbl]

@Koolgit he's looking old because he's like 40 lol

[jjld90]

The Moon-landing is fake as fuck.

[vintagelondongirl]

brainwash doesn't make original ideas, all his art is copies of other people

[pippeeeh]

@vintagelondongirl You could say the exact same thing about bansky

[layzeemaluku]

fuck streetart

[vintagelondongirl]

@layzeemaluku no fuck u :)

[Bapewatch01]

@layzeemaluku go back to ur tagging on fone boxes

[psychoshirt]

@SH1TZzWEAK yh i am, my work gets ripped down or painted over and banksys gets a perspex sheet to protect it, my canvases sell for 25 to 50 and his sell for 200 000, hes decent but he aint the fuckin massiah.

[me53914]

Does shepard fairey paint?or does he just wheat paste?

[ralphflyboy0]

@me53914 both.



[maxemis]

@me53914 wheat paste

[beastiedesigns]

I think Brainwash was Banksy pulling up the ladder behind him.

who can be the new Banksy when its been taken to its most pointless and sellout commercial limit with Brainwash

[psychoshirt]

@LavaLoveNoise yes shepard is a very inteligent person and his art is really good and intresting but banksy is a prick. some of his work is good and clever, but most of it is stolen from blek le rat (including his famous rats) and he acnolages that there similar but wont say that he took any insperation from him. dont get me wrong i like his work but hes deffinatly not a "amazing human being" hes a wanker, thats why robbo decked him.

[SH1TZzWEAK]

@psychoshirt jealous much 

[drummrath2]

@psychoshirt Ok, get your facts together. Why are you making beef between Blek and Banksy that doesn't exist? Blek has worked with Banksy. If Blek said Banksy ripped him off, itd be different. Robbo got his panties in a twist because Banksy painted over one of his pieces. All Robbo does is fancy letters. Banksy makes art. Robbo claimed Banksy ripped off Blek because he grabbed on to any criticism of Banksy he could find and that was all he could find.

[SamHain1031666]

Im a huge fan of Banksy but i really dont care much for anything Fairey has done. I appreciate that hes worked hard on putting his work up litterally everywhere, but i just dont like his work

[TheVisualYard]

No offense to them but Shepard Fairy TAKES IMAGES from photographers.... ignorance is in the masses and all street writters no that both of them COPY... nuff said!... fukin yanks!

[TheVisualYard]

No offense to them but Shepard Fairy TAKES IMAGES from photographers.... ignorance is in the masses and all street writters no that both of them COPY... nuff said!... fukin yanks!

[HowMasters]

It's not even that it's selling.

Even if it wasn't selling, it would be not selling rightly so.

It's just bad art, but without the artist's comments, who's to say the people in the art don't mean anything to him lol

[bigbearhoncp]

robbo forever whenever

[WhaleboyProductions1]

Team Robbo fuck banksy

[DeeSaster1]

It's good to know there's eloquent and smart people out there, in any form of artistic expression.

[StonedFaze]

MBW isnt real. team Robbo is gay.

[fr3d159]

i hate brainwash



[xLURAD]

@fr3d159 Yeh i agree, Hes kinduh fake...

[Shititude]

@fr3d159 brainwash is a complete creation from Banksy, dude ! Don't worry.

[CharlieALabtech]

@Drummaboi2000 why shouldn't art make money? Don't artist have a right to live?

[firstatheist]

@CharlieALabtech

They do, I agree. However, once its starts to make money it becomes a commodity and there is always a loss of credibility no matter how small.

[Drummaboi2000]

Brainwash could possibly be a creation of Banksy conveying how disgusting the public art market is and how art is meant to be a creation not something which should be used to make money.

[wisdom261]

@Drummaboi2000 YEAH THATS THE WHOLE BASIS OF THE MOVIE IN AWAY

[J5MARLON]

If I'm going to be a sheep then I wil be a mountain goat. lol

[stoner1840]

im stupid



[Needokam]

@stoner1840 im stupid too !

[stoner1840]

wait...



[stoner1840]

Atmosphere T shirt!!!!!!!!!

[Silverframe]

Banksy and Shepard Fairey are legends!

[hustle188]

BANKSY IS A GOD

[jakewareham]

for some reason Sheppard reminds me of Henry Rollins, like the grandaddy of punk and the grandaddy of pasing

[TheMeanies1]

this guy's words are as poetic as his art

[MarqueeMagic]

@rvLBCAS I only know the prices of Shepards work that sells on eBay. Please show me how much it sells, im very interested.

Although here is an interesting article google Obey Plagirism Shepard Fairy showing how many works of Fairys are just "copies" of other previous works.

[mrwhat4fsk]

This Foo just photoshoped the giant picture and got famous off that! Real original I don't consider this cat an artist he's in the same boat as Mr brainwash! Garbage

[MarqueeMagic]

I personally think Shepherd Fairy is jealous that MBW sells his works for $10,000's dollars more than his and he has just been the business only a few years.

[ayocisc0]

@MarqueeMagic

you obviously don't understand graffiti lol

[MannyizSick]

Fuck Mr BrainWash

[corvettemaniak]

people are just jealous they are not as good as Shepard... the guy is the sickest and most intelligent artist I have ever seen. Everybody got to live and he has a wife and daughter... So what he is a successful artist... go in a corner and cry about it!!

[ErickTheGreat100]

1 person doesn't appreciate art because their brain is too small

[RIOT227]

Fuck you Shepard Faggot I hope you pie I hope you get shot in the face for being such a sell out prick

[SetGuitars2Kill]

@RIOT227 i hope you "pie"? you fudger.

[Gwmcmi02]

@RIOT227 Mmmm Shepard pie, glaaaaaaaaaaaa....

[khangstah]

@RIOT227 How is making a great living doing what you love being a sell out?

[OutcastAngelV]

fuck mr brainwash...

[xxRawrRawr]

what movie is he talking about?

[mattdiesel005]

@xxRawrRawr "exit through the gift shop"

[drumstick74]

@xxRawrRawr "Exit Through The Gift Shop", Banksy's movie about Mr Brainwash

[reb2550]

If Shepard Fairey were a computer command, he'd be copy 'n' paste

[4usdsluts]

MBW's only art is exploiting cash of the wide eyed sheep. They call it "marketing". Comparing MBW to Banksy is like comparing Justin Beiber to Beethoven.

[Casptard]

@4usdsluts And yet his brainwash is working on you. Look at you sitting here talking about him, he managed to make some sort of effect or impression on you.. which it's exactly all about. If he hadn't, you wouldn't be sitting here talking about him, wether it's positive or negative.

By all means, did you ever consider MBW being a product of Banksy, perhaps? In terms of Banksy making all his art, using MBW to distribute it ;) But that's just one of the many conspiracies ofc.

[SuMxBoMbR]

@Casptard That may be so, however, he did not intentionally do that, which is the point of his stupidity. He is only somewhat relevant because of Bansky. There is nothing more transparent than that. I.E. someone coming to work at wnycradio, solely because they know an executive but never "went to school" to learn the craft or have any credentials. Respect, credit, and integrity are things that are very difficult to get back once you lose them, Mr. Brainwash never had either for street art.

[TheLoup3105]

Banksy is a artist =)

[LavaLoveNoise]

I love banksy and shepard fairey. They're just such intellegent, amazing human beings.

[edalbrellor]

"do things like this!"

"like whaaaaatttt!"

haha

[911beats]

Does anyone else feel shep and banksy are hatin on brainwash

[NinjahBirdy]

@911beats because they put good word in for him on his show, and all of the work was very similar to a lot of famous artists.. he just came out of no where and in the end he got involved with money and that's all he seems to care about, he didn't do street art for the true meaning behind it like Banksy and other famous artists

[PeteWaste]

@NinjahBirdy the film is a very true and important commentary not only on the fickle nature of hollywood hype, but also on how popular majority lined up for that idiot's show without ever saying "who the fuck is this guy, and how come his early work can't be found anywhere?"  Kind of insulting for those of us who have paid some dues.

[Stinger198]

AHH! I finally get it now! Shepard Fairey is Banksey!

[grincho484]

@Stinger198 mr brainwsh is banksy. duuuuuuuuuuhhhhhhhhh

[Stinger198]

@grincho484 I don't think it would be that obvious. Although you do have a point.

[hugitosotomayor]

@grincho484 no

[xChristianSanchez]

@grincho484 Your fucking stupid if you think brainwash is banksy

[benisturning30]

@xChristianSanchez I must be stupid then. Damn.

[Needokam]

@benisturning30 Im stupid too !

[Needokam]

@xChristianSanchez 

[905Justin1]

@xChristianSanchez its not banksy shepard and banksy are using him as a front though

[xChristianSanchez]

@905Justin1 when did i say it was banksy shepard?

[ferretkids]

@xChristianSanchez

Brainwash isn't real... it was just a film that Banksy used as a prank.

[Aussiedog95]

@grincho484 are you a fucking retard mr brainwash is a creepy dude who got lucky by following banksy lying to him and being his bitch

[Rankmoistmeat]

it would be funny if Shepard Fairey turned out to be Banksy...

[ovurneath]

@Rankmoistmeat Shep can't even touch Banksy

[mastermixsable]

@Rankmoistmeat thers no way, there styles are completly diffrent in there in 2 completly diffrent locations

[Rankmoistmeat]

@mastermixsable ya that's true....

[blankbrian]

@Rankmoistmeat haha thats some soap opera shit

[TheXiolableu]

That interviewer is kind of a dick .

[DirtyDerr1ck]

poseuerurururrrrrrrrrrrrr really? cant just say poser u pretentious bastard

[bwiddup1]

the interviewers takes the position of challenging Fairey rather than empathising and creativley disccusing. banksy is a smart guy and shows how easy it is to exploit people by creating MBW, the great majority of the western people of the world are sheep and get told what to think..

[keshavwannabe1]

@theskatelife02 Mr Brainwash is a pseudonym (alter Ego) that banksy created to take the piss out of the art market/world. Shepard fairey is in on it. Mr Brainwash did film people and did go out at night to film street art but banksy created mr brainwash and obviously told him what to do and what work to put up for MBW exhibiton. Banksy directs MBW's future basically.

[Flopigraff]

@theskatelife02 banksy created him so he could show the world how crazy the we would get on big he got in what? less than a year? he wanted to show that people would pay 25,000 dollars on 5 cents of paint that it makes for to make a stencil, i mean come on? its like shepard said, he is trying to show how the world is ridiculous.

[MookieSays1Love]

articulate 

[moptopskate]

damn shepard is so well spoken!

[maxrichardson505]

@firm7na mbw is shit 

[tehfrog]

@firm7na literally everything he does is stolen. nothing of his is original

[keshavwannabe1]

Bansky Created Mr.Brainwash. it was a prank on all of us by banksy. Watch the film again.

[Aussiedog95]

@keshavwannabe1 its not a prnk he thought the guy was an idiot so he sent him on a wild goose chase so he could get rid of his pos life remote control

[JaksMistake]

@firm7na Banksy and Fairey started from the ground up and make their own stuff. Brainwash hires people to make art and calls it his

[jnj1234567890]

@210dd nonononono he deserves no respect he sold out

[terrorfabulous27]

@210dd Banksy deserves fuck all, he should be thrown off a cliff, and all that money he's made selling his shitty stencils should be used to get real writers out of prision, fuck art fags, fuck banksy.

[BoyBettaKnow2010]

@terrorfabulous27 what you mean fuck banksy.. what up ur upset that he has made a living out of doin what he does best. hu cares if its stencils or free hand every1 that walks past he's work will stop to look and dnt get affended in anywy. or you jst pissed off bout what he dun to robbo.

[SPIK3101]

@210dd so does robbo, but to never notice the beef between robo and banksy due to a pice robo had UNTOUCHED for '25 years' isnt to give respect. also coping a previous artist work from france that also did stencil... im not say hes bad neither a copy cat but som times you have to look deeper into some things that do have a meaning.

[jOAVBo]

Banksy & Shepard are great artist but them with the help of other artist created a huge shit as an artist not as a person Mr.Brain washes art is horrific. I personally believe he should just go back to the streets where he came from. I also believe the only reason he got big is for the people he knew and not for his art. It takes years to become a good artist and he did that shit over night. So hes garbage.

[MisterPossessed]

@jOAVBo as a street artist from macedonia i do it for 6 years and i agree with you!

[imaferretmaster]

To all the comments about sheppard wishing he was banksy; I think his demeanor is being interpreted wrong, I don't it's that he wishes he was banksy, but he wishes he'd of stayed hidden like banksy. Fairey making money publicly made alot of people consider him a sellout, which in turn makes any message he puts into his art watered down by peoples preconception of him. While banksy is able to maintain his "underground" image and make money, which only strengthens his message and get it out there

[WOMP2007]

the mr brainwash campbell's soup spray can pretty much sums this entire scene up to us smarty pantz

[elgranroberto]

Fairey seems kind of mad base on jealousy.

A real artist will be not that concern about someone's else work.

[thedirtys2006]

evry1 has a voice. Banksy's work isn't original. 90% of it is ripped off work. its about the mystery n not about the artist himself. becuz of this mystery he or the group of people who work w him don't have to be stationed. Mr Brainwash is just a fuckn idiot who seems 2 have grown bcuz of known' people. who also has drones workn 4 him. but since MBW is an idiot he pissed the people workn w him. he's mad becuz they gav birth 2 a crazy person. if ur n artist it's not about ur work but who u kno

[Birdo661]

@elgranroberto fairey has more fame than MBW. but feels ripped off by him and feels MBW is destroying the Street art culture.

[SlipAllCityToy]

@elgranroberto

In a way I agree with you,

but I think it's kinda absurd to call someone "A real artist" or use that term, how can you possibly define that?

He's not a god who doesn't care about other people, he haves the same cons you and me do, he spent years doing art in the public before getting into that level, MBW did it in a year or so.

Most of the people do believe that he's nothing but a con in that sense.

[joeynmare]

shepard fairey, ladies and gents.

[willzgotitall]

im inspired mate thanks

[dfexpc]

L.A. Centric. Nice.

[kali999L]

please, someone kill this miidget with a humpback

[TheManiManson]

what a hero.



[SiriusLive]

the prank is that all that shit is real and true, a mirror up to the fickle world of art, not only street, since the lines are blurred there between different contemporary art.

[opusepulvita]

Majority of faireys work is stolen too. steals just as much work as Mr. Brainwash.

[ironman276]

@opusepulvita Except Fairey's shit still has a message behind it. Guetta just though of things that looked cool and posted em up.

[lemmonorange68]

@opusepulvita True. However, Fairey steals images and twists them into his own original style unlike Mr. Brainwash who just rips off Warhol to make money.

[AnIntangibleBadge]

YESTERDAY IS HERE.

[Luke139]

I lol at non-conformists conforming to non-conform. Anyone else with me?

[mattehISme]

@Luke139 there is no way to not conform

[ryanfoley123]

@Luke139 That's exactly what this comment is. Good for you, you're one step ahead of the back. How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood? Fuck You.

[fearfeasog]

@Luke139 ho boy...

[Luke139]

@fearfeasog I am NOT a HO! Hahahaha

[BasementBeginnings]

@Luke139 For sure, Luke. Upload another sniping vid.

[Luke139]

@BasementBeginnings I like art and video games and music. Got a problem with that?

[BasementBeginnings]

@Luke139 Not really a problem, just envious of you because I can't be in such a comfortable state of ignorant bliss like you.

What else do you like? Do you like food too? Want a peanut butthurt and u jelly sandwich?

[Luke139]

@BasementBeginnings Fun being trolled, isn't it?

[BasementBeginnings]

@Luke139 Wait, I was being trolled?

On that note, you tell me. You're the one who isn't even aware I'm questioning your stupidity.

[Luke139]

@BasementBeginnings I'm fully aware.

"I lol at non-conformists conforming to non-conform. Anyone else with me?"

ANYONE ELSE WITH ME?

52 thumbs up.

Lol. It was a joke from the start, dude.

[SayulitaRealEstate]

@Luke139 i conform

[colinhutton2]

I don't believe the whole "10 years off argument" I think he probably did meet Thierry ten years ago, and all that footage might have indeed been from him. However Mr.Brainwash is a product of Banksy and Fairey.

[RimlandThesis]

"hipsters lining up to buy destroy capitalism shifts..." like those same fucks who buy those Che t-shirts... pisses me off !

[popcornfreak129]

Mr.Brainwash didnt once make his own art. its all a prank people. Did you see MBW once make art?no he got people to do it for him. Its a prank on the art society and us. Even Modanna fell for MBW.She asked him(or should i say the people he payed) to make her an album cover. Still, a BRILLIANT documentary!!! 11/10

[ensu47]

@popcornfreak129 its true, the whole art prank, but there actually is a video of mbw piecing a huge walll, and he actually does do alot of art, the people that do the work only make the massive prints, and black and white imagery.

[loltagelol]

what movie are they keep talking about? im a bad listener....

[mozyb]

@loltagelol Exit Through the Gift Shop its Banksy's film

[hacky33]

@loltagelol exit trough the gift sop you can find it on the piratbaydotcom

[WolfsGamingBlog]

@loltagelol Exit Through the Gift Shop.

[epohnopulse]

SHEPARD FAIREY IS BANKSY!

@epohnopulse you are an idiot!