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Brown assumed that If I was examining Pruitt's use of the Benedict/Dimarucot graphic, I must be on the side of the kids who had recently flash mobbed Pruitt's Pattern and Degradation show at Gavin Brown Enterprises GBE in protest over the use of the snarling panda image.

Cat Weaver: The Panda Appropriations: When Your Property Is My Medium Cat Weaver 2011

And the ethical reverberations of this specific story were manifest online, mostly as outrage toward the powerful GBE and its championed pop artist, Rob Pruitt, for ruthlessly stealing the assumedly sweaty efforts of two powerless graphic artists and a t-shirt manufacturer.

Cat Weaver: The Panda Appropriations: When Your Property Is My Medium Cat Weaver 2011

I've followed his work since I participated mildly in the reconstruction of his (then) East Village apartment in GBE, which was open to the public 24 hours a day, as well as free meals at David Zwirner and 303 Gallery.

Marina Cashdan: The Rebirth of Rob Pruitt Marina Cashdan 2010

And the ethical reverberations of this specific story were manifest online, mostly as outrage toward the powerful GBE and its championed pop artist, Rob Pruitt, for ruthlessly stealing the assumedly sweaty efforts of two powerless graphic artists and a t-shirt manufacturer.

Cat Weaver: The Panda Appropriations: When Your Property Is My Medium Cat Weaver 2011

I asked Gavin Brown about whether or not GBE would sue if an artist took Pruitt's panda repeat and used it as an all-over pattern for a t-shirt.

Cat Weaver: The Panda Appropriations: When Your Property Is My Medium Cat Weaver 2011

Brown assumed that If I was examining Pruitt's use of the Benedict/Dimarucot graphic, I must be on the side of the kids who had recently flash mobbed Pruitt's Pattern and Degradation show at Gavin Brown Enterprises GBE in protest over the use of the snarling panda image.

Cat Weaver: The Panda Appropriations: When Your Property Is My Medium Cat Weaver 2011

A couple weeks ago we scheduled the interview and a few days later, I got a call from GBE asking if, in lieu of a 'traditional' interview, I would like to participate in a communal lunch with Rirkrit Tiravanija and his Columbia University Sculpture 3 course and walk-through of the show led by Pruitt.

Marina Cashdan: The Rebirth of Rob Pruitt Marina Cashdan 2010

But I feel even since the opening of the show, showing simultaneously at Gavin Brown Enterprise (GBE) and the neighboring Maccarone Gallery, less focus has been given to, well, the work, as has to opinions about its creator.

Marina Cashdan: The Rebirth of Rob Pruitt Marina Cashdan 2010

I asked Gavin Brown about whether or not GBE would sue if an artist took Pruitt's panda repeat and used it as an all-over pattern for a t-shirt.

Cat Weaver: The Panda Appropriations: When Your Property Is My Medium Cat Weaver 2011

We tested Canonical's UEC with Ubuntu 10.0.4 server editions on a GBE switched network in our lab.

How we tested Canonical's UEC Tom Henderson and Brendan Allen 2010