Grubster
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Shepard Fairey Arrested in Denver , by Grubster on Sept 2, 2008 16:58:54 GMT 1, On the evening of August 25, Fairey decided to take a break from installing the gallery show to hang posters around downtown Denver, wheat-pasting them to the sides of buildings. Denver artist Scot Lefavor and a small crew of filmmakers making a documentary on Fairey went along. But when artists tried to apply their trade in an alleyway near 16th and Sherman Street around midnight, all five of them were arrested by police, charged with "interference and posting unauthorized posters."
Neither Fairey or Lefavor could be reached by Westword to explain the ordeal, but word is that they were jailed at the infamous โGitmo on the Platteโ warehouse facility the city set up for DNC protest arrests. This was also the night that police sprayed down a crowd 300 anarchist protesters near Civic Center Park and arrested 100 of them.
According to court records, Fairey was arraigned at 6 a.m. at the Denver County Courthouse and pled guilty to interference with six months unsupervised probation in exchange for prosecutors dropping the unauthorized posters charge. He was bonded out for $500 by his wife Amanda Fairey.
On the evening of August 25, Fairey decided to take a break from installing the gallery show to hang posters around downtown Denver, wheat-pasting them to the sides of buildings. Denver artist Scot Lefavor and a small crew of filmmakers making a documentary on Fairey went along. But when artists tried to apply their trade in an alleyway near 16th and Sherman Street around midnight, all five of them were arrested by police, charged with "interference and posting unauthorized posters."
Neither Fairey or Lefavor could be reached by Westword to explain the ordeal, but word is that they were jailed at the infamous โGitmo on the Platteโ warehouse facility the city set up for DNC protest arrests. This was also the night that police sprayed down a crowd 300 anarchist protesters near Civic Center Park and arrested 100 of them.
According to court records, Fairey was arraigned at 6 a.m. at the Denver County Courthouse and pled guilty to interference with six months unsupervised probation in exchange for prosecutors dropping the unauthorized posters charge. He was bonded out for $500 by his wife Amanda Fairey.
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Shepard Fairey Arrested in Denver , by Deleted on Sept 2, 2008 17:12:00 GMT 1, That will teach him to go on the paste at midnight.
That will teach him to go on the paste at midnight.
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Shepard Fairey Arrested in Denver , by snausages on Sept 2, 2008 18:54:19 GMT 1, Serves him right. How stupid do you have to be to go pasting at midnight in a city that has this major political event going on and so is on high alert with crazy extra police presence and surveillance?
I just hope the movie makers don't try and make him look like some martyr for getting arrested while pasting pseudo political posters.
Serves him right. How stupid do you have to be to go pasting at midnight in a city that has this major political event going on and so is on high alert with crazy extra police presence and surveillance?
I just hope the movie makers don't try and make him look like some martyr for getting arrested while pasting pseudo political posters.
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Shepard Fairey Arrested in Denver , by daz205 on Sept 2, 2008 20:17:09 GMT 1, Serves him right. How stupid do you have to be to go pasting at midnight in a city that has this major political event going on and so is on high alert with crazy extra police presence and surveillance?
i dunno but it would be a great buzz to do it and get away with it
Serves him right. How stupid do you have to be to go pasting at midnight in a city that has this major political event going on and so is on high alert with crazy extra police presence and surveillance? i dunno but it would be a great buzz to do it and get away with it |
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Shepard Fairey Arrested in Denver , by bostonlongstroke on Sept 2, 2008 23:16:38 GMT 1, I agree, daz!
...Take it easy, snausages. It seems you're getting your panties in a bind, essentially, over a guy that has virtually zero impact on your life... If you don't want him too.
On the upside, everything he was leaving on the city landscape was biodegradable. Find comfort in that little fact.
I agree, daz! ...Take it easy, snausages. It seems you're getting your panties in a bind, essentially, over a guy that has virtually zero impact on your life... If you don't want him too. On the upside, everything he was leaving on the city landscape was biodegradable. Find comfort in that little fact. |
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Grubster
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Shepard Fairey Arrested in Denver , by Grubster on Sept 3, 2008 0:21:47 GMT 1, Serves him right. How stupid do you have to be to go pasting at midnight in a city that has this major political event going on and so is on high alert with crazy extra police presence and surveillance? i dunno but it would be a great buzz to do it and get away with it
zactl;y, they were making a documentary and who knows..i guess it could be good for that!
Serves him right. How stupid do you have to be to go pasting at midnight in a city that has this major political event going on and so is on high alert with crazy extra police presence and surveillance? i dunno but it would be a great buzz to do it and get away with it zactl;y, they were making a documentary and who knows..i guess it could be good for that! |
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thesewalls
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Shepard Fairey Arrested in Denver , by thesewalls on Sept 3, 2008 9:00:27 GMT 1, yeah not really big news. man gets arrested for doing what he loves...feels passionate about. ain't going to change a thing.
yeah not really big news. man gets arrested for doing what he loves...feels passionate about. ain't going to change a thing.
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phiga
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Shepard Fairey Arrested in Denver , by phiga on Sept 3, 2008 9:09:28 GMT 1, Might be old to some of the guys here, but this link is revealing some interesting fact on Shephard Fairey...
www.art-for-a-change.com/Obey/index.htm
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Shepard Fairey Arrested in Denver , by carlito on Sept 3, 2008 9:11:56 GMT 1, Serves him right. How stupid do you have to be to go pasting at midnight in a city that has this major political event going on and so is on high alert with crazy extra police presence and surveillance? I just hope the movie makers don't try and make him look like some martyr for getting arrested while pasting pseudo political posters.
pretty much missing the point of what street art is about in essense ...oh well
Serves him right. How stupid do you have to be to go pasting at midnight in a city that has this major political event going on and so is on high alert with crazy extra police presence and surveillance? I just hope the movie makers don't try and make him look like some martyr for getting arrested while pasting pseudo political posters. pretty much missing the point of what street art is about in essense ...oh well |
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Shepard Fairey Arrested in Denver , by Guest on Sept 3, 2008 11:02:55 GMT 1, Serves him right. How stupid do you have to be to go pasting at midnight in a city that has this major political event going on and so is on high alert with crazy extra police presence and surveillance? I just hope the movie makers don't try and make him look like some martyr for getting arrested while pasting pseudo political posters.
good on Shepard for taking the risk, he's just doing what he loves.
Serves him right. How stupid do you have to be to go pasting at midnight in a city that has this major political event going on and so is on high alert with crazy extra police presence and surveillance? I just hope the movie makers don't try and make him look like some martyr for getting arrested while pasting pseudo political posters. good on Shepard for taking the risk, he's just doing what he loves. |
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Macdeee
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I can see the headlines now 
