Posted on 01/26/2014 2:34:47 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
George Zimmerman continues to be an attention starved horrible human being.
Zimmerman has continued to keep himself in the public eye since being acquitted of the murder of Trayvon Martin–and now he wants us to know that even he thinks the justice system is a joke.
Just a month ago, in between run ins with the police, Zimmerman decided he fancied himself a painter and sold a painting on eBay.
It was an American flag, with the words “God One Nation with Liberty and Justice For All.”
It sold for $100,099.99.
His follow up painting is even more appalling, classless, and utterly tasteless.
The painting depicts Florida State Attorney Angela Corey, pinching her fingers together, at the press conference when she announced the long awaited charges against George Zimmerman.
The painting is a direct copy of a photo belonging to the AP, taken by Rick Wilson, a freelancer.
Zimmerman’s plagiarized painting is rather ironic for someone who was so concerned about stealing that he confronted, shot, and killed an unarmed teenager. Plagiarism is, after all, stealing.
Zimmerman further had the audacity to add the taunting quote “I have this much respect for the American judicial system – Angie C.”
Continuing to taunt, as if he & Corey are best friends and he can call her by a nickname, he’s titled the painting “Angie.”
The art world is unamused, as I’m sure is Angela Corey.
Jason Edward Kaufman, a contributing editor at Art+Auction, said the painting looks like a “bloodbath.”
Andrew Russeth, art critic for the New York Observer, pegged the paintings as a “desperate cry for attention.”
An art critic for the Village Voice, Christian Viveros-Faune, said Zimmerman’s work fits right in with other “murderabilia,” comparing his works to paintings done by cult leader Charles Manson and serial killer John Wayne Gacy. (Except I’ll bet that even John Wayne Gacy and Charles Manson were above plagiarizing paintings.)
The AP and photographer Rick Wilson are also highly unamused. They’ve threatened legal action against Zimmerman, who seems to be the only one deriving any sort of amusement from this.
Zimmerman tweeted that he wasn’t worried and revealed his plans to sue the AP, saying that whatever the APhis suit of them is over. (No one seems to have any idea what he’s talking about; he probably doesn’t even know himself.)
The AP’s threat is very real–it wouldn’t be the first time they’ve had to take legal action for similar situations.
Artist Shephard Fairey was taken to court in 2012 over using an AP photo for the Obama “Hope” posters. Fairey was found guilty.
Paul Colford, a spokesperson for the AP, told politico.com:
“George Zimmerman clearly directly copied an AP photo to create his painting of Florida State Attorney Angela Corey. The AP has sent a cease-and-desist letter asserting its copyright in the photo to the lawyer who recently represented Mr. Zimmerman. That lawyer has responded, and though she no longer represents Mr. Zimmerman, she will be forwarding the letter to him today.”
“You just can’t do that. You just can’t take somebody else’s work and make it your own,” Rick Wilson told the Orlando Sentinel.
Wilson, the photographer, has retained a lawyer and said Zimmerman can expect action taken in conjunction with the AP if he continues to use the image.
The painting has not yet been listed on eBay, but tweets by George Zimmerman’s brother, Robert Zimmerman, suggest that they plan to sell the painting privately.
I also hope they’re planning for court, but I guess once you get away with murder, plagiarism seems like child’s play.
I remember Bob Ross, he of the puffy brown fro and flash-bang school of art products.
April Dawn. Is that a pseudonym for a porn actress or a stripper?
Is she related to Delta?
Legally, you are mostly correct, although there is the question of degrading the value of the original AP photo. However, to quote the blueprint that is inspiring the far left, "some animals are more equal than others". The fact that GZ is clearly engaged in parody is not as significant if it was some other White Hispanic. He needs to change his name to something innocuous . . . perhaps Carlos Danger.
so campbell’s never sued libtard fag warhol? or marilyn monroe’s photogs? or anyone’s photogs for the images he used that others took?
and the quote is dead accurate.
Granted, an exact copy or reproduction of the AP photograph would seem likely to infringe their copyright, but a work which is based on a gesture made by someone in public, and recorded simultaneously by many people seems to be a much more uncertain issue. Particularly when it may well be a commentary on the media, and the biases of AP itself.
It's probably not a painting but rather posterizing with photoshop or even a free online service.
He stole the picture, changed the contrast, and substituted colors, and put it out as his own. Takes less than 5 minutes.
A 2-minute job with a free photoeditor. I could have done better if I gave it 5 or 10 minutes.
I am selling this for $1,000,000 with all proceeds to be donated to Right-to-Life.
He's got good reason to feel a little bitter after being mauled by Leviathan for the audacious use of deadly force in successfully saving his own life.
Be that as it may, after some of the public money spent on Mapplethorpe's work and the high brow art forms foisted upon us by capricious children like Ms. Cyrus, the self-appointed Dauphins of cultural correctness don't have much moral high-ground left for them to stand on in bleating about George's art work.
I wouldn't buy it, but it's a pretty good likeness of that monster prosecutor, both natural and metaphorical.
That's a good question. To know the answer somebody ought to check his singing voice - if he can't sing, then yes, he is related to Bob Dylan.
There is an art documentary where they are talking to some younger artists. They were invited by Andy to his apartment for lunch.
He serves them Campbells Tomato soup and grilled cheese sandwiches for lunch.
And all the young artists are whispering to each other and trying to figure out if Andy is having a joke on them. They finally figured out he wasn't when one of them checked his cupboards and they were stuffed full of Campbells soups.
That shit makes me LOL every time I think about it!
DAMN I wish I could still get Campbells soup at those prices. I would empty the shelves!
Parody is not plagiarism.
Parodying iconography is iconographic, sorta like a double negative.
You don’t need a whetherman to tell the way the wind blows!
The Duke Lacrossseee Team should’ve all made paintings of Nifong.
DNC media gonna hate.
Today they are going after George “Don’t Call Me Robert” Zimmerman and tomorrow they are attacking FReepers for savaging photos without a license.
He should just buy the AP wire photo online (for around $15) and stick it in a jar of urine. The NEA would give him $50k easy for such quality art. No doubt.
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