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Rabit tour poster (2015) vs. Drake – Scary Hours cover art (2018)

Contributed by Love Lagerkvist on Feb 7th, 2018. Artwork published in .

2 Comments on “Rabit tour poster (2015) vs. Drake – Scary Hours cover art (2018)”

  1. cannibalism!

    An age of appropriation, grandfathered by Duchamp. Virgil altering “The Meaning” of a shoe, or Vetements + DHL/Tommy/Reebok – of high/low or old/new, or of a Kanye co-sign on what is ostensibly a Gap sweatshirt selling for $800, all of them bootleggers — once considered parasitic to brands and institutions – holding more cultural capital than the brands and institutions they’ve ripped off. Cannibals.

    The pulverizing of one idea, absorbed, and spat out as a new outcome. The layering of meaning, the detournement effect mainstreamed, with brands paying $$$ for traction in whichever key social influencer demographic will offer the best stat for their quarterly internal innovation keynote presentation.

    Deep breath.

    If it inspires you, wear it like a badge of honour rather than hiding your sources pretending you’re a fucking maverick. Real originals (I’ve found) have enough confidence in their work to fess up to sharing where it came from.

    Richard Turley, Garage Magazine

  2. @Travis perhaps the best part of that Turley interview is how he ends it with the statement that all this posturing is a collective subconscious mating ritual

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