The French graffiti artist Kidult recently tagged the Marc Jacobs store in SoHo. In response, the company Instagrammed the image and tweeted it out as "Art By Art Jacobs," infuriating Kidult. Now Marc Jacobs is selling the image on a t-shirt:
According to the Marc Jacobs Twitter, "Available now for $689. Signed by the artist, $680." … Jacobs, in this situation, has made one hell of a commentary about the absurd commoditization that some street art has yielded, and how easily ostensibly subversive art can actually be subverted, facile as it so often is, and it may be the best take on the matter since Exit Through The Gift Shop. In short: Marc Jacobs wins.
Naturally someone is now selling a $35 tee with an image of the t-shirt on a t-shirt, seen above.
(Hat tip: Kottke)
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