Shepard Fairey arrested in Boston

Posted on February 7, 2009 by AM Editor
Peace Goddess unveiled at Boston City Hall

Peace Goddess unveiled at Boston City Hall

It seems that the Boston Police Department were not at all impressed by Shepard Fairey’s status as Presidential portraiture or his 20-year retrospective at Beantown’s Institute of Contemporary Art. According to The Boston Globe and Huffington Post, Fairey was arrested last night around 9:15pm as he tried to enter the ICA, where he was scheduled to DJ the museum’s sold-out Experiment Night dance-party (with tickets going upwards $500 on Craigslist).

Police Officer James Kenneally stated the department had Jan. 24 warrants alleging the Los Angeles artist tagged property with graffiti. Wait… warrants that have been outstanding since Jan 24th? So where were the police this Wednesday, when Shepard and Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino unveiled a stunning 20 x 50 ft Peace Goddess banner on the north wall of city hall? While Mr. Fairey is no stranger to being arrested, having had the experience at least a 14 times over his street art career. Even so, it can’t be pleasurable - AM hopes Shepard was released quickly and without incident.

Image via our friend Ashes 57
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  • http://goodthingsquared.blogspot.com Samba1

    whats up with the associated press suing Shepard? Did he not donate all the monies he made? Do they want a % of whats being made? Its sounds very petty by the A.P. — Your Thoughts?

    Sammy

  • colin

    freaking ridiculous. what a bunch of jerks.

  • http://ishotawarhol.blogspot.com Eric

    Sammy:

    The thing with the AP is rather outrageous, because as I recall, Shepard said last year that the didn’t know where the image came from, and when he reached out to get an answer from someone about ownership, nobody replied. Now it’s a year later, Obama is officially the president, and the AP is suing. I don’t get it. For this particular case, I think they should let it go. It’s not like the money was pocketed (to my knowledge).

    As for the Boston cops…they and the mayor must not be on the same wavelength. Or maybe they just wanted to make headlines by nabbing Fairey.