Shepard Fairey beaten up after spat over controversial Danish mural (artist Obama Hope poster)
Guardian.co.uk ^ | 8/12/2011 | Dominic Rushe, Lars Eriksen, Xan Brookes
Guardian.co.uk ^ | 8/12/2011 | Dominic Rushe, Lars Eriksen, Xan Brookes
When graffiti artist Shepard Fairey turned his talents to US politics, his reward was international acclaim and a letter of thanks from Barack Obama. When he employed a similar tactic in Denmark, however, the response proved altogether less edifying.
Last weekend, Fairey – creator of the famous "Hope" poster that came to encapsulate Obama's 2008 presidential campaign – was beaten up after the opening of his exhibition at a Copenhagen gallery.
....
"I'm not a huge fan of the cops anyway. The only thing I could see coming out of it was further media commentary like 'street artist whiner Shepard Fairey can't hold it down in a fight so he snitches to the cops'."
(Excerpt) Read more at guardian.co.uk ...
0 comments:
Post a Comment