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Shepard Fairey and his mural attacked in Copenhagen

Posted by sleepboy, August 12, 2011

As you know, Shepard Fairey’s (featured) was just in Copenhagen for his show at V1 Gallery (covered). We had privately been told by multiple sources that him and Romeo Trinidad of OBEY Clothing had been attacked while in town, but didn’t want to write about it until there was official word released (which just happened). Suffice it to say, it was a complicated situation in part perpetuated by misinformation in the press surrounding the first mural in a series of murals he did on the streets. […]

Opening & Afterparty: Shepard Fairey – “Your Ad Here” @ V1 Gallery

Posted by sleepboy, August 7, 2011

As most of our regulars know, we have been following Shepard Fairey’s (featured) excursion into Copenhagen for a series of murals (part 1, part 2, and part 3) leading up to his showing at V1 Gallery. Well, the Your Ad Here finally opened Friday night and it looks like Mr. Obey packed heavy bags for his trip to Denmark as there was an abundance of quality work to be enjoyed by the local fans. Local AM photographer Henrik Haven was on site to capture the opening […]

Streets: Shepard Fairey (Copenhagen) Part III

Posted by sleepboy, August 6, 2011

Here are some more photos of our four part series as Shepard Fairey (featured) continued to assault the streets prior to his show that opened last night in Denmark at the V1 Gallery (more on this soon). You can refer to part 1 and part 2 of our coverage where you can see the OBEY crew busy the entire week stenciling and wheatpasting on the streets of Copenhagen. More photos taken for us by Henrik Haven after the jump…

Streets: Shepard Fairey (Copenhagen) Part II

Posted by sleepboy, August 3, 2011

AM contributing photographer Henrik Haven continues his documentation of the Shepard Fairey (featured) street work in Copenhagen with pics of this second wall. The leader of the Obey campaign is in Denmark for his show this weekend at V1 Gallery but has been getting up around town these last several days. This version of “Guns & Roses” took two days and is located at Nygårdsvej, 2100 Østerbro. More pics after the jump…

Streets: Shepard Fairey (Copenhagen) Part I

Posted by sleepboy, August 1, 2011

As we draw closer to the Friday night opening of Shepard Fairey’s (featured) show Your Ad Here at V1 Gallery, we will bringing you some front line pics as he and the Obey crew beautify walls in and around Copenhagen. This particular peace dove mural was their first effort and located on Jagtvej 69, 2200 Nørrebro for those in town. A full photoset of action shots taken for us our correspondent Henrik Haven after the jump…

Streets: West Hollywood Library Wrapup (Shepard Fairey, Kenny Scharf, RETNA)

Posted by sleepboy, July 30, 2011

Although the new public library in West Hollywood isn’t set to open until the fall, the three large murals by Shepard Fairey, Kenny Scharf, and RETNA are now complete. Billed as an extension to MOCA’s Art in the Streets exhibition, the project (which we have been following) was apparently conceived by Jeffrey Deitch himself and will also include some additional indoor work from Fairey. The work however may not be permanent as the city has only committed to hosting the murals through July 2012. More […]

Streets: Shepard Fairey – Manhattan

Posted by juggernut3, July 27, 2011

Earlier this month, Shepard Fairey came and visited the Big Apple to work on a few projects (more on that later). In between his indoor sessions, he invited AM to tag along while he worked to beautify some legal spots in Manhattan. Many of you may recognize his classic wheat paste-ups, but Mr. Obey and his assistant Nick have expanded his outdoor tool-set to stenciling. Much like his giant Mandala Ornament mural and he stenciled in Miami and his WeHo Library wall in Los Angeles, he’s […]

Teaser: Shepard Fairey – “Your Ad Here” @ V1 Gallery

Posted by sleepboy, July 24, 2011

Coming up soon on August 5th, Shepard Fairey (featured) will be opening his latest solo show in Copenhagen at the V1 Gallery. Using a broad array of techniques in his arsenal including mixed media works on canvas and paper, as well as screen prints, retired stencils, and Rubylith cuts, Your Ad Here examines the control of public space by politics and/or advertising campaigns. But, to turn things around, Shep is also celebrating the fact that through street art, anyone could make their agenda or “ad” seen […]

Streets: Shepard Fairey @ West Hollywood Library Project (Part IV)

Posted by sleepboy, July 20, 2011

Over the last several days, we have brought you photos of Kenny Scharf’s (interviewed) in-progress piece for the West Hollywood Library Project as well as RETNA’s (featured) facade work on the opposite wall. It’s now time to show you the third street artist enlisted for this set of murals – Shepard Fairey (featured). As you can from the slow progress, the entire mural will impressively be done entirely by stencil (similiar to his Mandala Ornament piece for last year’s Art Basel Week Miami), which is infinitely more time-consuming compared to his usual […]