The supposed “artist” stole Warhol’s technique, the one that made him famous. Regardless of what you think of Warhol’s art, he came up with the original idea, which this Fairey guy copied while he also was stealing an AP photo. This artist is a complete fraud.
I’m not condemning Warhol’s art. His art was not soup can’s on a canvas or electric portraits of celebrities, his art was an overall statement about the trending nature of art/society towards something pop, plastic, disposable and something that could be mass produced. His work celebrated and lamented this fact. Besides . . . I am extremely grateful to the man for introducing the Velvet Underground to the world.