Marc Jacobs has hit back against street artist Kidult after he vandalised the designer's store earlier this week. In retaliation to his store's defacing, Marc Jacobs is selling a T-shirt printed with a picture of the crime scene for $698 - and one was sold this afternoon, according to a saleswoman. The French artist, who has previously vandalised Celine, Hermes, and Louis Vuitton, lashed out at the amused designer over Twitter, sparking a social media war.
Kidult used a fire extinguisher filled with bright pink paint to spray the word ART over the front of Marc Jacobs' SoHo boutique on the same night as the Met Gala. He then proudly tweeted the next morning: 'I think I did some ART?' which was accompanied by an image of Marc Jacobs employees scrubbing the graffiti off the store. Not to be outdone, Marc Jacobs managed to turn the subversive and damaging art on its head, also tweeting: 'Art by Art Jacobs,' with a picture of the scene.
Appropriating the tag for its own marketing purposes, Marc Jacobs International took it one step further by capitalising on the graffiti artist's own (illegal) work. Next to a photo of a pink T-shirt printed with Kidult's storefront tag, the fashion label tweeted: 'Available now for $689. Signed by the artist, $680.'
Angry that his art is being used for money-making purposes, Kidult and his fans hit back via Twitter. The artist tweeted to Marc Jacobs: '??? LET'S PLAY, but we don't play the same rules!' However, many have come forward supporting the designer, praising his savvy marketing team for swiftly taking the upper-hand, instead of falling victim to the subversive, and illegal, work of art. Essentially one brand versus another brand, Jacobs' appears to have come out on top in the war, with many people labelling him a 'genius' on Twitter for his team's quick creative thinking. While many believe in supporting the underdog, rather than capitalist enterprises, this social media war has seen the artist's subversion of a conglomerate using attention-seeking destruction, back-fire. However, others have speculated that the duo have been working together, using the tag as a grand publicity stunt. Either way, the witty and provocative discourse highlights what the Observer called, the 'absurd commoditization' of street art.
Vandalised: Graffiti artist Kidult spray painted the word 'Art' across the front of Marc Jacobs' SoHo boutique and proudly tweeted photos of his work.
Feuding via Twitter: Marc Jacobs hit back against the subversive art tweeting: 'Art by Art Jacobs,' with a picture of the scene.
Cold war: In retaliation, Marc Jacobs is selling a T-shirt printed with a picture of the crime scene for $698
KL Under Siege tells how the revolutionary group won the release of 5 Japanese Red Army (JRA) prisoners and were given a plane to Libya.
On August 5, 1975 over 50 people from the US and Swedish embassies of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, were taken hostage by members of the JRA a revolutionary group aimed at overthrowing the Japanese Government. Hostages were held for three days as the JRA demanded Japan's release of fellow members from prison. In a carefully maneuvered negotiation and a dramatic end to the standoff, the gunmen won the release of five JRA prisoners and were given a plane to fly them to Libya. No lives were lost in the incident.
Moral of these story;
-Be a good negotiator both side win.
-Never leave evidence behind.
-Never be Israelis alliance you will be hostage.
-Shot at enemies eye, hand and leg only.
-Apologies after finish your wrong-doing.
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After their phenomenal New York project with 100 artists mounting an unsanctioned show in abandoned tunnels during a one-year period, also the Underbelly team around Pac and Workhorse discovered the deep paths worming under the French capital and brought some of the most creative heads – including C215, Futura, Conor Harrington, How and Nosm, Saber, and SheOne – to create the Underbelly Project Paris!
For more detailed info about the new unofficial, abandoned urban art gallery read the nice post on Huffington Post!
