Shepard Fairey beaten up after spat over controversial Danish mural Excerpt:
When graffiti artist Shepard Fairey turned his talents to US politics, his reward was international acclaim and a letter of thanks from Barack Obama. When he employed a similar tactic in Denmark, however, the response proved altogether less edifying. Last weekend, Fairey creator of the famous "Hope" poster that came to encapsulate Obama's 2008 presidential campaign was beaten up after the opening of his exhibition at a Copenhagen gallery. Earlier this month he was involved with a controversial mural that has enraged leftwing anarchists throughout the city. "I have a black eye and a bruised rib," Fairey told the Guardian. According to reports, 41-year-old Fairey and his colleague Romeo Trinidad were punched and kicked by at least two men outside the Kodboderne 18 nightclub in the early hours of last Saturday morning. Fairey claims the men called him "Obama illuminati" and ordered him to "go back to America". Read more here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2011/aug/12/shepard-fairey-beaten-danish-mural?CMP=twt_fd J Obama Illuminati? Never heard that one before. Anyway, a google search for "Obama Illuminati" brings back some really, uhhhm, strange stuff: http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=Obama+Illuminati - Ninety percent of politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation. - Henry Kissinger Politicians are people who, when they see light at the end of the tunnel, go out and buy some more tunnel. - John Quinton ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:341572 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
