Shepard Fairey ‘92 IL was a guest recently on MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow Show. During the interview they discussed not only Shep’s ubiquitous Obama and Andre the Giant posters, but also how he blurs the lines between street and gallery, graphic design and fine art, much as his artistic forebears Keith Haring, Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat did before him and Barbara Kruger and Jenny Holzer MFA ‘77 PT are still doing. The conversation turns to issues of copyright infringement (accusations by the AP that he appropriated AP freelance photographer Mannie Garcia’s image for his iconic Obama poster) and the fourteen counts of vandalism levied against Shep while in Boston to attend the opening of his ICA retrospective. Look for more in the news about Shep and copyright, as this issue continues to grab headlines.

And today’s New York Times includes a review of the Shep’s “Supply and Demand” exhibition at the ICA.