Comments on: Shepard Fairey Helps Out Saks With Soviet Inspired Campaign

By: The Weekly Linkery | TakePart Social Action Network™

The Weekly Linkery | TakePart Social Action Network™ — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 02:24:53 +0000

[...] no, it’s not some Soviet-inspired campaign for Saks. This is for a real revolution needing attention – Burma. There are only 450 prints [...]

By: My Own Private Guantanamo

My Own Private Guantanamo — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 00:58:26 +0000

[...] and the artist has been a guest on Terry Gross, Steven Colbert and Charlie Rose. He recently landed a gig with Saks Fifth Avenue, applying his cheeky socialist aesthetic to a high end retailer, even while [...]

By: Communist Inspired Art and Artist Moves to 5th Avenue « Clinging to G & G

Tue, 24 Mar 2009 19:10:27 +0000

[...] spring promotion as nothing more than what they already do to sell merchandise. In this article, Shepard Fairey Helps Out Saks With Soviet Inspired Campaign an unnamed senior marketing VP said “about the partnership and marketing in general,… [...]

By: ckc

ckc — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 12:58:54 +0000

The embracing of this Soviet style imagery is scary, since millions suffered and died under the tyranny of the Soviet Union.

By: How forward thinking of you, AP… « A Suit in Sneakers

How forward thinking of you, AP… « A Suit in Sneakers — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 19:08:09 +0000

[...] turned his talents to making corporate bucks. Check out his revolutionary style as applied to Saks Fifth Avenue spring collection (…scoff, scoff…). But you can’t knock the guy for cashing in. One can argue that [...]

By: Fanzineri

Fanzineri — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 12:33:12 +0000

[...] Saks Fifth Avenue, sonbahar koleksiyonu için Shepard Fairey ve Cleon Peterson’la anlaştı. İyi anlaşmışa benziyorlar. Detaylı bilgi için tıklayın [...]

By: ej

ej — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 06:33:28 +0000

sell out.

By: Philip Nealey » Blog Archive » Friday Odds And Ends

Philip Nealey » Blog Archive » Friday Odds And Ends — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 15:03:11 +0000

[...] – Shepard Fairey helps out Saks with Soviet inspired campaign, pic above. (link) [...]

By: Peadinkill

Peadinkill — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 22:27:17 +0000

It’s just weird. I agree with Dan, too many conflicting messages make me want to look away. So I doubt I’ll be buying the merch.

By: Coco

Coco — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 19:41:01 +0000

this is just so sorry

By: Dan Gould

Dan Gould — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 19:32:26 +0000

There are so many levels of conflicting messages, irony and subversion/not subversion at play here that my head may explode. This image looked like a salvo against the big-expensive bag wearing masses at first anyway. Cultural critique masquerading as advertisement?