Apparently, there was some interwebs chatter regarding Shepard Fairey and his status as a sellout following his recent DJ appearance and muraling in Dallas. I don’t think I contributed to this chatter, as I don’t think my website gets much traffic,* but I would like to correct a few of my own errors, just to be sure that I’m being consistent and giving credit where it is due.

In my post about his visit, I suggested that Mr. Fairey didn’t actually participate in any of the wheatpasting. I am happy to report that Shep did, indeed, do some of the work himself, if the images here, here, and here, and an interview he gave to Peter Simek of D Magazine are to be believed (and I believe they are). Additionally, the murals they … Read More »

DJ Shepard Fairey (!) performed at the Dallas Contemporary last night (despite my interest in graffiti and street art, I didn’t attend…), and his crew (or perhaps Shep himself) did a bit of wheatpasting during the week last week. I tracked these few down today, and may go hunting for some more during the week on my way home from work, though I likely will have better things to do.

If you’re interested in taking a look, there are three in a group on Singleton Boulevard at McPherson, and one outside the Contemporary on Glass Street (near where … Read More »