Comments on: OBEY Rips Off Restitution Press

By: max

max — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:50:43 +0000

has it crossed anyone’s mind that Shepard purposely referenced both pieces? its a commentary on the current street art scene. a homage to the other two artists. a statement- either suggesting that these two artists are to be acknowledged in the LA scene, -or- suggesting that these other two artists have ripped him (only Shepard’s work is seen in the background). either way i find anyone’s work to be far more engaging when it references things currently unfolding, rather than a simple image which is already known and accepted by all.

By: BUSKOE2

BUSKOE2 — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 04:56:04 +0000

GIVE THEM ALL THERE CREDIT, AS LONG AS THEY ARE PUTTING IT DOWN FOR WHAT THEY LOVE TO DO AND THAT IS WHEAT PASTING THAN STOP THE NEGATIVITY! PEACE BITCHES.

By: EUTHANASIA

EUTHANASIA — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 08:24:14 +0000

To those who are talking about Restitution Press in a negative light, stop to take a second and think about things in a broader sense. As a Illustrator, founder of a collective zine and as a Los Angeles based artist he has in a lot of way influenced street art on his own. Most of the common place practices we see now in Los Angeles stem from his work, be it branding or the use of silk screen prints as opposed to photo copies.

The Bandit image has become a Icon, and while you can chose to argue that Shepard was making art first, Robbie Conal was doing it long before him – point being, its not about who does what first, but how its done and if its done right. If you take the time to even flickr search Restitution Press you will see a huge sample of artwork by tons of artists brought together under a common umbrella, all of which I would argue is a pretty good indicator of originality.

I would also like to point out that the work does speak for itself, and how many people on here commenting are out there pushing new ideas and creating images strictly for the public?

How you feel about the shirt is your choice, but don’t go cutting artist’s down when you don’t have any idea what they are about.

By: EUTHANASIA

EUTHANASIA — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 00:58:30 +0000

Thank you for correcting it, its greatly appreciated.

By: RJ

RJ — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 21:16:13 +0000

Thanks for clarifying this Euthanasia.

By: EUTHANASIA

EUTHANASIA — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 21:11:56 +0000

Restitution Press did not create the zombie image, the illustration was drawn by the Los Angeles street artist Euthanasia, and was subsequently printed in a issue of Restitution Press, along with other images he created as part of a collaboration between the two artists. The work can be view on his myspace at http://www.myspace.com/euth. These are two different artist who collaborate with one another, not one person.

Please remember to give credit to the correct sources.

By: sa

sa — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 06:49:17 +0000

To me Fairy will always go down in history as a second rate Andy Warhol imitator. After years of him churning out what can only be seen as an art school kid ripping of a neo constructavist 1900′s russian poster art – but replacing the communist worker with a picture of a dead 20th century cultural icon. Originality will never blossom from his hands, creativity died when the photo he used loaded on to his photoshop window.
His work only proves one theory that if you throw enough dung at a wall.. eventually someone will reccognise you as the guy who throws dung at walls. 21st century culture has helped to confuse what was traditional artistic merit to being a guy who’s face finally becomes reccognised as the dung throwing guy.
If we all ignored the dung on the wall the dung guy would not exist.
And to be selected to do the President’s portrait is only a sad reflection of today’s society.

By: FRMR

FRMR — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 23:52:14 +0000

Well first factor in that Shepard himself does not design all that is OBEY. There is a team of lackeys at Studio Number 1 that work on the clothing line, magazine, etc etc. and another office in Santa Ana where designing might take place. I HIGHLY doubt Shepard sat down and created that lame shirt alone.

Restitution Press is one man, he made the poster of the bandit image. The skull image was made by Euthansia, a different artist. But anyone who takes an image of their own face or someone elses face, silouettes the image, and then tiles it like wallpaper over the streets is obviously using the OBEY school of art.

At the end of the day, the shirt is a rip off of Euthanasia and Restitution Press. But who cares…..

By: RJ

RJ — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 23:29:15 +0000

If that’s the case (and it may very well be), please feel free to send me some evidence. I live all the way in London, so I don’t see very much here by Restitution Press. I only found out about them when a friend tipped me off about this shirt. If you can show me that Restitution Press ripped off OBEY, I’ll put that up here as well.

By: dick head

dick head — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 23:25:34 +0000

Restitution Press spent years ripping off OBEY. Seems like all is fair in love and war.