Today in colloqium we met a delightful little man named Fahamu Pecou who was insecure about his way to get famous so he created a marketing campaign eccuentuating his ego! a.k.a:
FAHAMU PECOU IS THE SHIT
"It began as a marketing campaign, responding to the marketing campaign that preceded the world’s introduction to the rapper 50 CENT. I thought it was a brilliant phenomenon that someone could be a star just because a poster said so. Prior to the marketing campaign, I had never heard of 50 CENT, nor I dare say, had most other people in the world. Regardless, when his album dropped, everyone’s ear was tuned in, and like it or not, you had developed an opinion one-way or the other. In like spirit and concept, I began a poster and sticker campaign that read, “FAHAMU PECOU IS THE SHIT” in big bold letters with a graphic illustration of me in my hardest hip-hop pose. The idea seemed to work; soon I was met on the street with comments like “Hey! You’re the shit…” or “Are you in any trouble, I saw a sign that said you are the shit”. I was warned by a few to be cautious of the language… “Do you really want to be known as the shit?” they would say, but I figured ‘Fahamu Pecou is Really Good’ wouldn’t have the same impact, so I stayed with my original idea. Soon I began receiving requests for posters, stickers and shirts from New York to Chicago to L.A. Friends of mine who wore the shirt would often regale me with their tales of trying to explain to strangers why Fahamu Pecou was the Shit and how he got to be so."
although I find his themes in his work to be a tad ridiculous and self centered, (theyre all self portraits), I really admire his painting technique and find how he reproduces magazine covers to be really well done.
his 1st magazine cover;
lol....?
fin.
Vaarwel! (also dutch!)
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