The Philosophy of Obey. What the frills is this?
Self publishing is not always the best thing and I do not really understand what this book is or why it was created. Apparently there are 1400 + insights in the book and if the English Ladies that created it would like to send me a copy, I’ll try to read it. More fun after the jump.
Description: The Philosophy of Obey (Obey Giant): The Formative Years (1989-2008), 1433 Philosophic Statements by Obey from 1989 – 2008
Synopsis:
The Philosophy Of Obey (Obey Giant). The Formative Years (1989 – 2008). Edited and Introduction by Sarah Jaye Williams. The Philosophy of Obey is one of the fundamental texts of 21th Century aesthetics – short, bold, candid, puzzling and remarkable in its power to stir the imagination of philosophers and artists alike.Arguably one of the most compelling works of philosophy and art written in the twentieth-first century, Philosophy of Obey is the only artistic — philosophical work that Obey has published during its campaign. Written in short, carefully numbered sentences of extremely revealing candor, it will capture the imagination of a generation of Street Artists and philosophers. For Obey, discourse is something we use to examine reality which is in itself both elusive and unobtainable. Obey famously summarized this book in the following words: I aim to bring something new to every artwork. The work is prefaced by Sarah Jaye Williams introduction to the first edition.Obey Giant (1989 2008). Regarded by many as one of the most significant street art campaigns.Nerve Bookswww.NerveBooks.netPrinted in the United States
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Nerve Books
Three (3) Versions of the book are available:
Comprehensive, Volume I and Volume II
Book Title: The Philosophy of Obey (Obey Giant): The Formative Years (1989 – 2008)
Book Author: Sarah Jaye Williams
Publisher: NerveBooks UK
Publication Date: 2008
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Jul 3rd, 2008
The Other James
This book may or may not be particularly helpful to people interested in Shepard Fairey’s career or aesthetic theory, or to graffiti and street art in general. As a theorist of street art and its relationship to capital, I was somewhat excited to read this collection despite my strong reservations about Fairey’s art (be it street- or gallery-art). Unfortunately, the text is very poorly edited (as if someone blindly trusted the spelling and grammar checker in a Word Processor). There instead of their (and vice versa); possessives instead of pluralizations (ie. Milieu’s instead of Milieus); that instead of then; I could go on. I find this book extremely difficult to read, not because it is particularly opaque in meaning, an not due difficulty with any concepts, but precisely because it is so poorly edited. I would encourage Ms Williams to take a look at her text, edit it properly, and insist that the publishers adhere to her edits. Ms. WIlliams should be shocked and disgusted by the striking and disturbing grammatical errors in her text.
Dec 6th, 2008
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