Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Obey the Critic


The graffiti artist obey supports the ideology that graffiti is more than just vandalism. Obey is one of the most famous graffiti artist of our time. Obey has been putting out for a while. But just in the past few years he has grown greatly in popularity. Obey is a part of growing trend of street art. You can learn a lot more about that in john post about exit through the gift shop. Street art is a growing trend that kids even now are getting into. obey is showing everyone that graffiti is a lot more than just vandalism. He is helping prove this by putting out a lot of art in more places than just the streets. Obey is breaking a lot of there stereotypes involved in street art.


Obey has put out many peices of art in the past few years. He started with paste ups on the streets. Then he became more mainstream and started making his own clothing brand. He also release the poster of obama in red and blue that says hope at the bottom of it. He has also has released his own clothing brand called obey. You can find the clothing brand at zummiez. His art work is usually very different and gives a different message with all of his different pieces.


Obey is a very controversal artist. He is showing the world about the beauty of street art. And obviously he is proving this ideology to the fullest because his clothing brand has blown up in the pop industry. By people buying his art they are showing that street art can be alot more than just vandalism. It is can be an amazing peice of art.



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