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Post by pauljunk on Mar 12, 2008 19:39:00 GMT 1
I'm going to hold off buying this one. It says, " Look for additional limited addition prints in this section in the days ahead." Hopefully there will be an equally awesome, but more collectable edition coming out.
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Post by Michael Jacob on Mar 12, 2008 19:39:11 GMT 1
francis,
what faile are you talking about?
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Post by manchestermike on Mar 12, 2008 19:40:04 GMT 1
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Post by oddkabob on Mar 12, 2008 19:40:34 GMT 1
i think it's great that the edition size is so large....i've just stopped even going to the obey site on tuesdays because it was just no longer worth it to me to spend hours with the possibility of maybe getting a print (if the site wasn't so bugged up)
since I'm buying just for my own enjoyment and not for flipping (i don't care if anyone does flip either) but it was just no longer.....enjoyable.
so now it's great to be able to buy a print and not feel like a print buying peon. I tried to get a josh keyes print yesterday and that was a disaster as well....fortunately there's the unlimited tiny print coming out.
These large editions or unlimited prints make enjoying the artwork much more fun again for me which is what drew me into this in the first place.
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Post by oddkabob on Mar 12, 2008 19:41:23 GMT 1
I'm going to hold off buying this one. It says, " Look for additional limited addition prints in this section in the days ahead." Hopefully there will be an equally awesome, but more collectable edition coming out. I think there are other artists (not Fairey) that have contributed artwork to be made as prints. Just my guess, but I think that's what they're suggesting. |
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Post by francis on Mar 12, 2008 19:44:03 GMT 1
Really...even to just have to hang up on your wall, a glossy offset for $70 is a bit much. You really gotta want to donate money to Obama's campaign to purchase this thing.
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Post by maadbeats on Mar 12, 2008 19:47:03 GMT 1
zzzzzzzzzzzzzz. Enough with this print.
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Post by pauljunk on Mar 12, 2008 19:53:10 GMT 1
zzzzzzzzzzzzzz. Enough with this print. What's the point of comments like this people? This is a TOPIC in a FORUM. If you don't care about this topic then don't click on it and read it. Don't waste your time and ours posting pointless posts to let people know you are not interested in this topic. Move along to the next topic. Simple as that.  |
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Post by pezlow on Mar 12, 2008 20:51:20 GMT 1
Just want to say a big THANK YOU to the forum member who bought one of these for me. You know who you are but to give you a big clue he is crazy  Hopefully I can return the favour some day. |
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Post by Guest on Mar 12, 2008 20:54:11 GMT 1
Can folks buy more than one?
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Post by maadbeats on Mar 12, 2008 20:55:05 GMT 1
Well its a topic in a forum I enjoy. I can comment how ever i like. Thanks for your concern. I'm just bored with Obama prints. Thats my opinion, love it or hate it. What, do you want to take away my freedom of speech? I personally dont believe this guy is right for the job.
Bring it on..............I'm sure that comment will cause a rise.
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Post by Guest on Mar 12, 2008 21:14:22 GMT 1
Can anyone buy a couple for me and ship to UK?
Pleeeaaze
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Post by Guest on Mar 12, 2008 21:58:54 GMT 1
Thanks to Crazy Jake - Youre a star |
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Post by rubyrubyruby on Mar 12, 2008 22:02:09 GMT 1
did anyone browse throught he rest of his website ?
this print release will generate at least 50.000 clicks extra for his website and maybe another few thousands will read his agenda and vote for him. the other sideeffect is that obama is converting into a pop icon through these prints.....i bet you if andy warhol would live today there would be another obama print coming up soon.
so lets "hope" that things will "change" & "progress" in the future....
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Post by otomi on Mar 12, 2008 22:15:24 GMT 1
after talking so much about propaganda and using it in his art obey is actually making now propaganda - kinda ironic
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Post by BONGO on Mar 12, 2008 22:18:29 GMT 1
CONTRIBUTING TO A POLITICIANS COFFERS , EVEN IF YOU LIKE THE PRINT, IS A BIG WEIGHT ON SHOULDERS BONGO THINKS
EXPLICIT OR IMPLICIT SUPPORT, ITS STILL SUPPORT
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Post by scavos on Mar 13, 2008 1:36:14 GMT 1
Contributing to a politician's coffers whether implicit or explicit is fine by me if it is a politician you believe in and wish to support. What is it about supporting politicians you object to B?
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Post by gentlemental on Mar 13, 2008 3:29:15 GMT 1
I like Shep's HOPE and PROGRESS... the Red White Blues are thoughtfully used, and less contrived, the Obama Shep love is more humble and human as he looks up.
CHANGE is very pretty, but it's just a tad too Hollywood for me.
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Post by ctc2 on Mar 13, 2008 4:14:00 GMT 1
I wish I had not just written Obama a check and bought the print. Oh well...
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Post by eze on Mar 13, 2008 6:03:45 GMT 1
almost 2000 sold in the first 12 hrs
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Post by army1 on Mar 13, 2008 6:18:35 GMT 1
OMG, noooo way! duh.  |
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Post by jamesreeve5 on Mar 13, 2008 7:15:13 GMT 1
after talking so much about propaganda and using it in his art obey is actually making now propaganda - kinda ironic it appears ironic, but it isn't. Fairey has always done his anti-this, pro-that crap tongue-in-cheek... all the way to the bank. let's hope he at least names his next kid Barack for all the money he's making off the guy. of course, it may be Obama naming his next kid Fairey, god forbid. bitter bitter... I didn't think Shep made any money off the posters because he donated the profits to the campaign, and I think the money generated from the "change" print release is about equal to the money generated by a single pay-to-eat dinner function with Obama. |
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Post by tirol on Mar 13, 2008 7:20:15 GMT 1
they sold ''only'' 4500 from 5000 prints via the obama page!
maybe shepard will sell the other 500 from his page..., signed and numbered.
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Post by BONGO on Mar 13, 2008 10:49:30 GMT 1
Contributing to a politician's coffers whether implicit or explicit is fine by me if it is a politician you believe in and wish to support. What is it about supporting politicians you object to B? THE NATURE OF THE US POLITICAL SYSTEM MEANS THAT NOTHING WILL EVER CHANGE , BECAUSE NOTHING CAN WITHOUT RECONSTRUCTION OF THE PARTY SYSTEM IN THE USA ITSELF. BONGO HAS NO BEEF WITH ANY CANDIDATE, AS BONGO DOES NOT KNOW THEM, BUT TO SUGGEST THAT EACH CANDIDATE IS A SLIGHT VARIANT OF THE SAME POLITICAL PROCESS WOULD NOT BE A FACILE COMMENT TO MAKE. THE OVERUSED ANARCHIST STATEMENT OF " WHOEVER YOU VOTE FOR , THE GOVERNMENT ALWAYS GETS IN " IS MOST APT WHEN SET AGAINST THE US MODEL ITSELF. BONGO IS DEEPLY WARY OF ANY SYSTEM WHERE PICTURES OF A POLITICAL LEADER ARE BANDIED ABOUT SO READILY. THIS FETISHMENT AND CULT OF PERSONALITY DOES LEAD BONGO TO SUGGEST A REMARKABLE LACK OF OBJECTIVITY THAT GOES HAND IN HAND WITH THE LEVEL OF SOCIETAL MATURITY. BONGO HAS STUDIED AMERICAN POLITICS IN SOME DEPTH TO HOLD THIS VIEWPOINT. |
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Post by Guest on Mar 13, 2008 10:53:39 GMT 1
Yeah, what he said..
Iconography of political leaders is never a good thing....
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Post by BONGO on Mar 13, 2008 10:56:39 GMT 1
BONGO NOTED WITH INTEREST THE CARS AND HOUSES STILL DISPLAYING PICTURES OF THE NOW DECEASED ARAFAT IN BETHLEHEM.
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Post by scavos on Mar 13, 2008 19:56:21 GMT 1
Contributing to a politician's coffers whether implicit or explicit is fine by me if it is a politician you believe in and wish to support. What is it about supporting politicians you object to B? THE NATURE OF THE US POLITICAL SYSTEM MEANS THAT NOTHING WILL EVER CHANGE , BECAUSE NOTHING CAN WITHOUT RECONSTRUCTION OF THE PARTY SYSTEM IN THE USA ITSELF. BONGO HAS NO BEEF WITH ANY CANDIDATE, AS BONGO DOES NOT KNOW THEM, BUT TO SUGGEST THAT EACH CANDIDATE IS A SLIGHT VARIANT OF THE SAME POLITICAL PROCESS WOULD NOT BE A FACILE COMMENT TO MAKE. THE OVERUSED ANARCHIST STATEMENT OF " WHOEVER YOU VOTE FOR , THE GOVERNMENT ALWAYS GETS IN " IS MOST APT WHEN SET AGAINST THE US MODEL ITSELF. BONGO IS DEEPLY WARY OF ANY SYSTEM WHERE PICTURES OF A POLITICAL LEADER ARE BANDIED ABOUT SO READILY. THIS FETISHMENT AND CULT OF PERSONALITY DOES LEAD BONGO TO SUGGEST A REMARKABLE LACK OF OBJECTIVITY THAT GOES HAND IN HAND WITH THE LEVEL OF SOCIETAL MATURITY. BONGO HAS STUDIED AMERICAN POLITICS IN SOME DEPTH TO HOLD THIS VIEWPOINT. I respect your view Bongo. I honestly can't purport to have much of an educated insight into this. However, personally, I believe having a Black president in the USA would lead to great change and indeed would be a great change in itself. Whether this will happen within the next decade or two, who knows? I somehow doubt that the USA is ready to accept a Black man as president. I suspect Hilary will increasingly play on this in terms of justifying her campaign. I do hear your point about the pervasive, distracting and often pathetic cult of personality but I agree with Shep's comments about his Obama prints on the site and feel they justify why this is an important piece of art in the history of the USA. I think a good counter-print would be one depicting Hilary practising her script whilst sitting on the toilet; thereby demonstrating her dedication to the cause, giving an insight into motions of a clearly hardworking presidential campaigner. It could be called, 'If it floats you've got too much fat in your diet'. |
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Post by jamesreeve5 on Mar 13, 2008 20:17:56 GMT 1
I respect your view Bongo. I honestly can't purport to have much of an educated insight into this. However, personally, I believe having a Black president in the USA would lead to great change and indeed would be a great change in itself. Whether this will happen within the next decade or two, who knows? I somehow doubt that the USA is ready to accept a Black man as president. I suspect Hilary will increasingly play on this in terms of justifying her campaign. I do hear your point about the pervasive, distracting and often pathetic cult of personality but I agree with Shep's comments about his Obama prints on the site and feel they justify why this is an important piece of art in the history of the USA. I think a good counter-print would be one depicting Hilary practising her script whilst sitting on the toilet; thereby demonstrating her dedication to the cause, giving an insight into motions of a clearly hardworking presidential campaigner. It could be called, 'If it floats you've got too much fat in your diet'. I don't exactly get why you think a black male president would lead to a great change, and then you slag off the white female democratic nomination runner. Would a white female president not lead to a relatively equal change? The truth is Obama and Clinton have pretty much 95% of the same ideas about the USA. And actually both used scripted tele-prompters when giving speeches. At least you were upfront about lacking insight into the workings of US politics. |
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Post by Michael Jacob on Mar 13, 2008 20:32:51 GMT 1
Ok, this is a little off topic. I was back at the Obama site looking at Sheps work. I see its in the "artists for obama" section. That would lead one to believe more art from different artists is on the horizon. Having said that, Ive got an idea for Damien Hirst. Ive always wanted a LSD or Opium print, but cant find one I can afford. Here my concept, now all we need to do is get Damien to do it (which im sure he wont  ! Anyway, if elected, Obama would be the 44th President of the United States. CrAZy JakE  |
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Post by army1 on Mar 14, 2008 5:25:08 GMT 1
I respect your view Bongo. I honestly can't purport to have much of an educated insight into this. However, personally, I believe having a Black president in the USA would lead to great change and indeed would be a great change in itself. Whether this will happen within the next decade or two, who knows? I somehow doubt that the USA is ready to accept a Black man as president. I suspect Hilary will increasingly play on this in terms of justifying her campaign. I do hear your point about the pervasive, distracting and often pathetic cult of personality but I agree with Shep's comments about his Obama prints on the site and feel they justify why this is an important piece of art in the history of the USA. I think a good counter-print would be one depicting Hilary practising her script whilst sitting on the toilet; thereby demonstrating her dedication to the cause, giving an insight into motions of a clearly hardworking presidential campaigner. It could be called, 'If it floats you've got too much fat in your diet'. Re: future change in america - You have a woman that is getting a good chunk of the country's support for president - That is pretty radical as well and in no measure less likely to produce changed attitudes in the general population. I'd love to see Obama suddenly wake up a woman and witness the reaction of his supporters... do you think they'd be down for a black woman president? No? Shouldn't we stop and think about the implications of that for a second? Here's something I find interesting: You can measure the resistance and even hostility toward the idea of a woman as Commander-in-Chief by measuring the kind of sexist comments this race is generating. What if negative comments about Obama came in the form of racism to the degree the comments about Clinton are sexist - each reflecting the "difference" of the candidate being BLACK or a WOMAN? This would not be tolerated. But perverse sexist comments are not only allowed, but cheered while racist comments are of course taboo (as they should be). Either of these things are equally grotesque IMO and not helpful when you need to examine the candidate's paper trail (and I'm not referring to posters!) When you look at it this way, maybe electing a woman president would indeed be the more difficult and radical change for America. ? |
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