Shepard Fairey Arrested for Old Charges of Dis-Obeying

Another Friday night, another arrest for a famous street artist as cops in Boston locked up Sherpard Fairey, the man who made a name for himself with "Andre the Giant OBEY" images nationwide and this year gained even greater notoriety for his Obama HOPE posters that quickly took on an iconic status throughout the presidential campaign. Fairey was arrested before an ICA Museum event where he was set to DJ in celebration of the opening of his exhibit there. The charges stemmed from graffiti around town connected to the OBEY campaign from years ago. The warrant was issued two weeks ago, yet police seem to have allowed Fairey to make a public appearance with Boston Mayor Thomas Mennino to promote his opening. Fairey says the arrest is his 15th nationwide. Museum patrons at the event told the Boston Globe they only held the artist on a higher pedestal now saying "it shows he has integrity" and "he's even more of a hero to me now."

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By Billy Parker in News on February 7, 2009 3:50 PM

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Future Taliban

If Obama keeps bailing failing a-holes out I look forward to his upcoming new DOPE poster.

Spirit of 76

"it shows he has integrity"

Wait, it takes integrity to get arrested? What a crock. He's just an attention whore bragging about how many times he's been arrested. Integrity is doing your own work on your own canvas and not stealing other people's images under the guise of fair use. With luck, the AP can take him to the cleaners in court. I wonder what the ICA would say if somebody tagged their building without their permission. How about some nice scratchiti or acid etch on their windows? I bet they wouldn't be so happy about it.

Rfive

banksy will be next when he comes above ground and provides the visuals for an international campaign.

matty

It's about time. Sorry but he has been doing this all over the country for years. His first mistake was going public. I think he forgot that there is probably numerous criminal damage to property charges outstanding against him. I wonder if banksy will be next.