About Sabo
Born 1968. Sabo is an American muralist and musician.
Sabo (born 1968) According to a 2015 interview with Adland, Sabo had been involved in street art since 1999, though he began to take his activity in the scene more seriously around 2008. Sabo's works have been critical of left-wing politics (and its prominence in the entertainment industry) and America's Democratic Party, claiming that "leftism is a mental disorder." 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. The posters feature mostly-naked Barbie dolls with a plastic baby in their belly areas and Davis' face plastered on, with the caption: "Hollywood welcomes Abortion Barbie Wendy Davis."
During the 2016 Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio, Sabo targeted Hillary Clinton and the Democratic Party with posters (most of which were themed to Hillary's America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party, a 2016 political docudrama created by American conservative pundit Dinesh D'Souza) being placed at local bus stops.
In December 2017, Sabo claimed credit for putting up posters (heavily derivative of works by the artist 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.
Several days before the 75th Golden Globe Awards in January 2018, Sabo put up road signs around the Beverly Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles that referenced claims of child sexual abuse in the entertainment industry. In a similar stunt committed days before the 90th Academy Awards, Sabo vandalized three billboards in the Hollywood area (in a reference to nominee Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri) that not only criticized celebrity-led movements like Time's Up and #MeToo, but also claimed that the entertainment industry shielded pedophiles within their ranks, and claimed that the industry was hypocritical for handling sex abuse scandals.
Later that year, Sabo vandalized a billboard near Television City promoting the CBS series Young Sheldon into an attack on comedian Sacha Baron Cohen and Who Is America?, a Showtime television series created by Baron Cohen; Showtime is also a subsidiary of the CBS Corporation. He mocked up an image of Baron Cohen as a wounded war veteran, referencing a character he portrayed in an episode of the series, in relation to Sarah Palin's comments about the show; Palin had claimed that Baron Cohen had interviewed her in disguise and disrespected the U.S. military by being a military impostor. A similar mock advertisement for Who Is America? was found at a bus stop down the street in Fairfax Avenue, which also promoted the Wounded Warrior Project.
Responding to the controversy of the host selection of the 91st Academy Awards, Sabo placed posters around the Dolby Theatre in support of Kevin Hart, who was slated to be the original host of that year's awards ceremony but had to step down due to criticism over homophobic comments and jokes. While Sabo claims that he's a fan of Hart, the intentions behind putting up these posters is to "make a point about the industry's intolerance toward those it deems politically incorrect." The mock advertisements make reference to the 2018 films Black Panther and BlacKkKlansman, in which Sabo uses the quote "This is MAGA Country"—the phrase Smollett told police that the perpetrators uttered—in one of the mock posters. Another advertisement for the film was vandalized with the face of Pitt replaced with Woody Allen. In a New York Times interview he said his father is Mexican.
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Frequently asked questions
Who is Sabo?
American street artist
When was Sabo born?
Sabo was born in 1968.
What is Sabo's occupation?
Sabo is a muralist and musician.
What nationality is Sabo?
Sabo is American.
Sources & further reading
· DBpedia: Sabo (street artist)
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