Shephard Fairey - Famed Obama Artist - Arrested for "Graffiti"

[K Gardner]

BOSTON (Feb. 7) - A street artist famous for his red, white and blue "Hope" posters of President Barack Obama has been arrested on warrants accusing him of tagging property with graffiti, police said Saturday.

Shepard Fairey was arrested Friday night on his way to the Institute of Contemporary Art for a kickoff event for his first solo exhibition, called "Supply and Demand."

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/arts/la-na-fairey8-2009feb08,0,7789739.story




Fairey was arrested Friday night in Boston on his way to the Institute of Contemporary Art to DJ at a sold-out party kicking off his first solo exhibition, “Supply and Demand.” Two arrest warrants had been issued Jan. 24 after police determined that he had tagged property in two locations with his street art campaign featuring Andre the Giant and the word "obey," said Boston police officer James Kenneally.


Fairey, 38, of Los Angeles, is scheduled to be arraigned Monday in Brighton District Court, said Jake Wark, a spokesman for the Suffolk District Attorney. Wark said Fairey would also be arraigned on a default warrant related to a separate graffiti case in the Roxbury section of Boston.

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[slackmaster]

1. OBEY

[tekisui]

2. Shepard is being targeted it seems. The AP, and now the arrest.

Interesting...

[K Gardner]

4. It kind of seemed that way to me, too, but I didn't want to say it first, LOL.

[backscatter712]

3. It doesn't look like this will break him.

Vandalism is a misdemeanor. My bet is he lawyers up, pleads it down, and pays a fine. Big whoop.

[Phoenix-Risen]

5. As long as they spell his name correctly

An artist can't buy this kind of pub.