Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Art / Fashion
Panda-Costumed T-Shirt Designers Flashmob Rob Pruitt Exhibition
Posted
by Benjamin Sutton
on Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 3:23 PM
As our own Paddy Johnson has done a
terrific job covering over on her blog Art Fag City, artist Rob Pruitt's show at
Gavin Brown's Enterprise and
Maccarone has been at the center of a controversy over Pruitt's unauthorized and uncredited use of a Threadless t-shirt design by
Jimiyo and
AJ Dimarucot titled "
When Pandas Attack" in his new exhibition,
Pattern and Degradation (through October 23). Now,
Animal reports that a group of Threadless staff and friends dressed in the panda shirts, and one in a full-on panda costume, visited the West Village show in protest. Pruitt, according to Animal, was there during the silent demonstration and "wasn't happy." Is it appropriation? Is it theft? The
commenters have their opinions.
Tags: Rob Pruitt, Gavin Brown's Enterprise, NYC gallery, West Village, Pandas, Threadless, When Pandas Attack, Flashmob, Appropriation art
