Comments on: The Philosophy of Obey. What the frills is this?

By: The Other James

The Other James — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 15:45:04 +0000

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.

By: Nerve Books

Nerve Books — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 03:49:58 +0000

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

Youtube.com Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8Ye_9Zou-I

Temporary Online Store URL: http://www.cafepress.com/nervebooks
(until Amazon.com version appears)

Publisher URL: Click Here http://www.nervebooks.net/

Book URL: Click Here http://www.philosophyofobey.com

By: C-MONSTER.net. » Blog Archive » The Digest. 06.02.08.

C-MONSTER.net. » Blog Archive » The Digest. 06.02.08. — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 15:24:50 +0000

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