Having flown into London for the most comprehensive graffiti and street art exhibition to open in the UK, world-renowned artist Shepard Fairey attacks so-called 'cancel culture' as 'narrow minded and exclusionary'.
Street art might have a reputation for being provocative and political but in the age of social media take-downs is the movement itself now starting to question what it can and can't say?Speaking to Sky News, the activist and artist said:"I think a lot of people are fearful about having an opinion in their work that others might disagree with.
Having flown in for the opening of Beyond The Streets London - billed as the most comprehensive graffiti & street art exhibition to open in the UK - Fairey's work features heavily in the three storey take-over of the Saatchi Gallery alongside over 100 other artists, including Keith Haring and the Beastie Boys.
"And I say, there's a way to look at that as actually really narrow minded and exclusionary. Other people say 'you're exploiting someone else's culture by trying to represent it through your work' but I say, you know, this is all about a dialogue.
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