Although, I don’t know all the facts behind Yosi Sergant’s resignation, I’m reluctant to come to his defense like I would for Van Jones. I am simply not a fan of his work with Shepard Fairey on the HOPE poster.

From "Guerrillero Heroico" to Jim Fitzpatrick's "Che Guervara" to fake Warhol

Steven Mcdonald’s article “Yosi Sergant and the Art of Change: The Publicist Behind Shepard Fairey’s Obama Hope Posters ” offers some insight in to Yosi Sergant and his work.

via [ Atlantic Wire ]

The Atlantic follows the Yosi Sergant story from offensive conference call to resignation.

The communications director for the National Endowment for the Arts, Yosi Sergant, resigned Thursday, a month after becoming the target of conservative ire for suggesting in a conference call that NEA-funded artists use their work to support the Obama administration. Specifically, Sargent asked artists “to pick something, whether it’s health care, education, the environment,” and apply their “artistic creative communities’ utilities and bring them to the table.” Conservative bloggers, including an artist who participated in the call, considered this government propagandizing and a misuse of NEA funds. A brief history:

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Thomas National