The Modern Muslim Girl

SHEPARD FAIREY

A street artist known for his Obama ‘Hope’ poster. I saw the middle girl in a photo my uncle took in Russia, and have been looking for the artist ever since. Lo and behold I found a gold mine.

It was nagging on me when some random…white…guy…did a lot of art featuring girls who look Muslim. I’m like, why? Are you one of those guys who just fetishizes us? Huh? Or are you for real? Is it about the sexxxxx hiding behind the veil?? HUH? Paranoid now.

A quick google:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shepard_Fairey

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/mmw/2010/04/the-ladies-in-red-shepard-faireys-propangand-art/

http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2009/2/12/shepard-fairey-and-the-obedience-paradox/

http://gallerydriver.com/?method=Exhibit.ExhibitDetail&ExhibitID=4E378B48-115B-5562-AAAD5FCCE8F78900&GalleryID=82C33C59-3048-28EB-92DB386C8C733405

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2011/12/shepard-faireys-person-of-the-year-for-time-magazine.html

THIS: http://www.art-for-a-change.com/Obey/index.htm

So he’s a scumbagging, plagarizing, hipster jerk and I kinda hate him but I think his painting thingys are pretty. Mainly the middle one. O_O

P.S. I’m really getting uncomfortable with the position of Muslim women in the media. We’re either poor oppressed little ladies tied up in burkas secretly very sexual (for YOU!) or we’re some sort of fighting symbol…secretly dying to have SEX! Omg plz stop