{"product_id":"filthy-lucre-aint-nothing-new","title":"Filthy Lucre Ain't Nothing New","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eFilthy Lucre Ain’t Nothing New is an exploration of the complicated seduction and repulsion of money. The exhibition title comes from the Sex Pistol's song “The Great Rock ’n’ Roll Swindle.” The full lyric goes: “Filthy lucre ain’t nothing new…we’re all just cash from chaos.” The Sex Pistols were unashamed of swindling the rock ’n’ roll industry as a coup benefitting themselves and the rowdy punk rock revolution. They asserted that all cultural output eventually becomes a commodified product under capitalism, so why not be a winner in a system within which no one is innocent?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMy choice of making art on a 1937 Packard was inspired by its aesthetic similarity to a Rolls-Royce Phantom of the same era. In a collaboration with Jamie Reid, the graphic artist for the Sex Pistols, I created an illustration of a Rolls-Royce Phantom on fire to proclaim the dead end of classism, ostentatious luxury, and the empire mentality. In this sense, painting with gold on a 1937 Packard to create a high-value, beautiful automotive art object raises questions about creativity and capitalism, and becomes uncomfortably paradoxical. Hopefully, this discomfort forces the audience to wrestle with the complex nature of capitalism itself.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e-Shepard\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis new screen print will be available in person at \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cartdept.com\/feed\/cart-department-presents-shepard-fairey-art-car?mc_cid=26e430a863\u0026amp;mc_eid=UNIQID\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCART Department's exhibition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e in New York (details below) and online at the Obey Giant Store starting Sept. 24 at 10AM PT.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e24\" H x 18\" W. Screen print on 80# cream Speckletone paper. Signed by Shepard Fairey. Numbered edition of 500. Comes with a Digital Certificate of Authenticity provided by Verisart.  Max order: 1 per customer\/household.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e*International customers are responsible for any applicable import duties, taxes and customs fees due upon delivery, except for UK orders under $160 USD and EU orders.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"OBEY GIANT","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50512997679202,"sku":"1972","price":70.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0827\/9097\/files\/FILTHYLUCRE_marketing.jpg?v=1790269678","url":"https:\/\/store.obeygiant.com\/products\/filthy-lucre-aint-nothing-new","provider":"OBEY GIANT","version":"1.0","type":"link"}