Post #149522 by Tiki-bot on Sun, Mar 27, 2005 2:05 PM

Shag is an interesting and relevant example. His art is not only sold as "art" per se, but is used to sell all kinds of consumer items. Most certainly he started doing his artwork out of simple desire to do create something he thought was cool. But then he licensed the hell out of it. Is that called "selling out" or "whoring"? It's no different than a musician allowing a car company to license their music. It's a business and he has a product to sell and wants to make a living doing what he enjoys. More power to him.