"The thing with Madonna happened a few years ago. She used one of my artworks to promote her tour. I think one of her fans had Photoshopped Madonna‘s face into the art piece and she, probably unknowingly who the original artist was, posted it on her social media. I tried to reach her with a public Facebook post that gained a lot of traction and she received hundreds of comments on her post, but I never got a reply. I didn’t pursue it any further legally, because I didn’t want the drama, but I now regret it. If we artists always back down like that, things will never change."
Sometimes artist are their own worse enemy. When he refused to take legal action on such a high profile incidence involving Madonna misusing one of his images, why would he be surprised when a lessor known would not feel comfortable doing the same thing?
