Shepard Fairey On Getting Beaten Up in Copenhagen
LA street artist Shepard Fairey was beaten up in Copenhagen, Denmark over the weekend by several men calling him an “Obama illuminati.” Fairey tells the backstory and blogs about the experience on his Obey website. He says the incident started shortly after an after-party for the grand unveiling of a new mural.
On the way out, a kid, maybe 19 or 20 started yelling at me “Obama illuminati, fuck you, go back to America”. It was more obnoxious than intimidating, so I stopped to talk to him.
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