Sabo (street artist)

Sabo is the pseudonym of a politically conservative street artist active in Los Angeles, California. His name derives from the sabot round used as tank munitions.[1] Before his career as a street artist, Sabo was enlisted in the US Marines.[2] According to a 2014 interview, Sabo had been involved in street art since 2000, though he began to take his activity in the scene more seriously beginning in 2008.[3][4][5] Sabo's works have been critical of left-wing politics and its prominence in the entertainment industry, and has also claimed that "leftism is a disorder" in an interview with The Guardian, although he has denied connections to the alt-right.[1]

Works

Sabo's first work that received mainstream attention was in May 2014, where he put up posters attacking Democratic politician and then-candidate for governor of Texas Wendy Davis,[3][6] who held a thirteen-hour-long filibuster to block Senate Bill 5, a measure which included more restrictive abortion regulations for Texas, a year prior.[7] The posters feature mostly-naked Barbie dolls with a plastic baby in her belly area and Davis' face plastered on, with the caption: "Hollywood welcomes Abortion Barbie Wendy Davis".

During the 2016 Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio, Sabo placed posters, criticizing Hillary Clinton and the Democratic Party (most of which were themed to the Dinesh D'Souza political docudrama Hillary's America), at local bus stops.[8]

In December 2017, Sabo claimed credit for putting up posters (in a style heavily inspired by the works of Barbara Kruger) of actress Meryl Streep with producer Harvey Weinstein with the words "She knew" emblazoned across Streep's face, a reference to rumors that Streep had been aware that Weinstein was a serial sexual predator before the information became public. He said that he considered it retribution for Streep's role in the film The Post because he believed the film was a direct attack on Donald Trump.[2][9]

In 2018, days before the 90th Academy Awards, Sabo vandalized three billboards in the Hollywood area (in an homage to nominee Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri) that criticized the entertainment industry for shielding pedophiles.[10] Later that year, Sabo vandalized a billboard in Los Angeles promoting Who Is America?, the television series created by Sacha Baron Cohen. He mocked up a image of Baron Cohen as a war veteran, in relation to Sarah Palin's comments on the show, who claimed that Baron Cohen had interviewed her in disguise, and disrespected the U.S. military.[11]

References

  1. 1 2 Carroll, Rory (21 June 2017). "'I think leftism is a disorder': is this artist the rightwing Banksy?". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  2. 1 2 Carroll, Rory (20 December 2017). "Rightwing artist put up Meryl Streep 'she knew' posters as revenge for Trump". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  3. 1 2 Brooks, Katherine (June 10, 2014). "Meet Sabo, The Conservative Street Artist Behind The Wendy Davis 'Barbie Art'". Huffington Post. Retrieved September 14, 2016.
  4. ↑ "LA Street Artist Launches Anti-Clinton Campaign". KCBS-TV. August 29, 2016. Retrieved September 14, 2016.
  5. ↑ Gwynned, Stuart (December 5, 2015). "LA's Right-Wing Street Artist Sabo Strikes Again". LA Weekly. Retrieved September 14, 2016.
  6. ↑ Bassett, Laura (May 22, 2014). "Wendy Davis Greeted By 'Abortion Barbie' Posters In Los Angeles". Huffington Post. Retrieved August 8, 2018.
  7. ↑ Ghahremani, Tanya (June 13, 2013). "Texas Senator Wendy Davis' 13-Hour Filibuster Successfully Beats Abortion Bill". Complex. Retrieved April 10, 2018.
  8. ↑ Bond, Paul (July 17, 2016). "Conservative Street Artist Slams Hillary Clinton, Democrats in Artwork Outside GOP Convention". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved September 14, 2016.
  9. ↑ Han, Angie (December 6, 2017). "The reviews are in and critics absolutely adore Steven Spielberg's 'The Post'". Mashable. Retrieved December 6, 2017.
  10. ↑ Bond, Paul (February 28, 2018). "Street Artist Erects Three Billboards Over Hollywood: 'Oscar for Biggest Pedophile Goes To ...'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved July 24, 2018.
  11. ↑ Bond, Paul (July 16, 2018). "Sacha Baron Cohen Criticized for "Stolen Valor" on Hijacked Billboard Near CBS Offices". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 7, 2018.
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