Wednesday, September 23
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“ A writer asked me why I “didn’t just draw Obama from my imagination.” My response was that I needed to make my image look like Obama, who is not an imaginary character. I know few people who could capture a convincing likeness of close friends or even their own family members from their imagination or memory. I use my own family members as models, taking my own photos of them to illustrate from - VIVI LA REVOLUCION and COMMANDA. Were Obama a member of my family I would have employed this technique.
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Shepard Fairey, on how artists need reference points to create new and meaningful work.

This matter-of-fact “Seriously, guys? Common sense?” passage in Fairey’s explanation of his ongoing legal battle against The Associated Press over rights to a news photo of Obama is quite Seinfeldian and hilarious. I can hear him saying this aloud.

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