Shepard Fairey said it himself–the mind behind the Andre the Giant stickers and Obama HOPE poster–it’s crazy to be possibly convicted with a felony charge which could have put him behind bars for 87 years.
This could seriously make you think, what’s up with Boston, being a cultural center and all, that they have to make all the fuss about “a poster on the back of an electrical box and earlier this year planting a sticker on the back of a sign and a poster on the side of a condo”?
Now, he has to “pay $2,000 to a graffiti removal organization and cannot possess tagging materials — such as stickers or paste — in Boston except for authorized art installations. He also must tell officials when he plans to visit Suffolk County, where Boston is located.”
“I think there’s also a lot of people that are really hungry for contemporary art and are progressive, creative people,” he said. “For their needs to be eclipsed by a very vocal minority would be unfortunate, and that’s what I think that we all need to keep perspective on.”
You can send your sympathies when he DJ’s this end of the month at Experiment Redux.
via shadowplastic, Juxtapoz, Obey Giant, and wbur.org with AP Photo
