Archinect - News2024-05-03T08:48:26-04:00https://archinect.com/news/article/131021521/detroit-issues-arrest-for-vandal-shepard-fairey
Detroit issues arrest for "vandal" Shepard Fairey Amelia Taylor-Hochberg2015-07-03T12:48:00-04:00>2018-01-30T06:16:04-05:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/f2/f25f8uojoooagi8b.JPG?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>World famous street artist Shepard Fairey - the man whose “Hope” poster massively boosted Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign – has described an attempt to arrest him by Detroit police as “hilarious” after he was commissioned to do a mural in the city.
Last night authorities issued an arrest warrant for Fairey, 45, on graffiti charges with Police Sergeant Rebecca McKay issuing a statement warning: “Just because he’s a well-known artist does not take away from the fact that he is also a vandal.”</p></em><br /><br /><p>Detroit's most recent charge against Fairey is for damages amounting to $9,100, caused by nine of Fairey's works. Detroit police are asking that he turn himself in, and say that he'll be arrested should he ever return to Detroit. Fairey doesn't seem to be phased, calling the charges "hilarious". Throughout his career, Fairey has been arrested 17 times. </p><p>More accounts of so-called "vandalism", both solicited and not:</p><ul><li><a title="Detroit's struggle to distinguish between graffiti (boo!) and murals (yay!)" href="http://archinect.com/news/article/121203889/detroit-s-struggle-to-distinguish-between-graffiti-boo-and-murals-yay" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Detroit's struggle to distinguish between graffiti (boo!) and murals (yay!)</a></li><li><a title="Manchester man gets potholes fixed by drawing giant penises around them" href="http://archinect.com/news/article/126358573/manchester-man-gets-potholes-fixed-by-drawing-giant-penises-around-them" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Manchester man gets potholes fixed by drawing giant penises around them</a></li><li><a title=""Kant is a moron" graffitied on the philosopher's home " href="http://archinect.com/news/article/123372967/kant-is-a-moron-graffitied-on-the-philosopher-s-home" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">"Kant is a moron" graffitied on the philosopher's home</a></li><li><a title="Art Critic or Vandal?" href="http://archinect.com/news/article/60170/art-critic-or-vandal" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Art Critic or Vandal?</a></li></ul>