SABO: The Right-Wing Gets Its Own Street Artist

Glenn talks to rebel artist SABO (Interesting to see SABO is black)

SABO made headlines again last week with his Gwyneth Paltrow “Obama Drone” poster.

He’s baaaaaaaack!!

From his web-site:

“Bush the Younger was elected President and the claws came out in Hollywood. I lost my friends along with a great deal of peace. It was not a good time to be a Republican in Hollywood. There was no place I could go where I wasn’t punched in the face by some sort of art defining who I was for being a Republican. Evil, Bigotted, Homophobic, Out of Touch, Rich, Greedy, on and on. And then I snapped. Why was the Left allowed to define me and where are the dissenting voices from the Right setting the record straight? Creatively speaking, no one.

“I believe the Right has a great message, sadly the only people telling it are those on the Left and they do a damn fine job making us look like ass holes and what do Republicans do about it, NOT A DAMN THING!!! Fuck it! I guess it’s just going to have to be me, I thought. My aim as an artist is to be as dirty, ground level, and mean as any Liberal artist out there, more so if I can. Use their tactics, their methods, appeal to their audience, the young, urban , street urchins with a message they never hear in a style they own. My name is SABO, I’m an UNSAVORYAGENT.”

He isn’t kidding about going “dirty, ground level, and mean.”  It’s not my style, but it’s also not like he started it.  Tampon earrings, anyone?

Sources:

Home Page

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/hillary-clinton-flying-monkey-signs-741631
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/gwyneth-paltrows-la-neighborhood-defaced-738890