NEW: Shepard Fairey Has Warrant Out for His Arrest
Thursday, June 25, 2015
An arrest warrant has been issued by Detroit police for Shepard Fairey, the creator of the Obama Hope poster, according to the New York Post.
Police say that Fairey tagged buildings across the city with graffiti, causing $9,000 worth of damages to buildings and other structures while in town to complete work on a mural.
According to the post, Fairey is out of the country and one of his representatives would comment later.
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Fairey attended the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) and launched one of his first major strikes in Providence when he replaced Buddy Cianci's face with the face of Andre the Giant during a 1990 campaign.
After graduating from the Rhode Island School of Design with a BFA in illustration, he founded a printing business in Providence called Alternative Graphics, while continuing to work on his own artworks.
Fairey designed the cover for Time Magazine's "2011 Person of the Year" issue and even teamed up with Incase, which helped publish his art on IPhone cases.
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