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New Feature: Picture of the Week
11:50AM ON
03/24/2009
BY
Matt Sledge
(CC) cmiper / 2009.
Shepard Fairey: master of Radical Shill or Man of the Year?
One spraypaint-wielding vandal had his say on Fairey’s recently-installed wheatpaint poster on the side of AS220’s Washington Street Mercantile Building in Providence.
This is the first in a new series I’ll be posting (and cross-posting over at RIFuture.org). Most photos will come from Creative Commons-licensed photography on Flickr. I recommend checking out the Providence, Rhode Island, and Greater City: Providence photo groups for more. Put a link in the comments if you see a picture that deserves to be posted. -Matt
March 24th, 2009 at 12:13PM
Annie Messier Says:
I’m SUCH a dummy! The dollar signs were already present the first time I saw that installation, and I thought Fairey added them himself as satire.
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jones replied:
March 25th, 2009 at 10:07AM
you wouldn’t be the first to give shep too much credit
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March 24th, 2009 at 2:24PM
Al Says:
Fairey didn’t do the dollar signs but they have been there for a quite a while. I guess you guys don’t hang out downtown much.
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March 25th, 2009 at 7:30AM
Annie Messier Says:
True, Al! Actually, I only get out at night, when this installation is in an abandoned parking lot chained off by a fence and pretty hard to see. Does anyone know why this wasn’t placed where people can enjoy it more easily (like at Nice Slice)?
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March 25th, 2009 at 9:16AM
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