Shepard Fairey, Obama "Hope" poster creator, gets two years' probation for vandalism

Associated Press - AP ^ | July 10, 2009 | Melissa Trujillo, Associated Press

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The artist who created the “Hope” poster of President Barack Obama was sentenced to two years’ probation Friday after pleading guilty to three vandalism charges. Prosecutors dropped 11 other charges.

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From Barack Obama's official website:

“I wanted to make an art piece of Barack Obama because I thought an iconic portrait of him could symbolize and amplify the importance of his mission. I believe Obama will guide this country to a future where everyone can thrive and I should support him vigorously for the sake of my two young daughters. I have made art opposing the Iraq war for several years, and making art of Obama, who opposed the war from the start, is like making art for peace. I know I have an audience of young art fans and I’m delighted if I can encourage them to see the merits of Barack Obama.”

-Shepard Fairey

Source: http://students.barackobama.com/page/community/blog/external_organizing
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See? It's all about "peace, love, togetherness" and "change".

Here are some of Fairey's other masterpieces. No joke. Most of his works are along these same lines (anti-American, pro-communist propaganda). Check the link.

Source: The Jonathan Levine Gallery:
http://jonathanlevinegallery.com/?method=Artist.ArtistDetail&ArtistID=F65EBB86-3048-28EB-92D55AA4FC996E31&GalleryID=82C33C59-3048-28EB-92DB386C8C733405
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From Shepard Fairey's official website (ObeyGiant.com):

Check it out! I got a thank you note from Barack Obama. If he is elected, maybe I have a get out of jail free card. All kidding aside, I’m honored to be acknowledged by someone so important to the future of our country. Also, the Obama campaign asked me to do a poster illustration for sale on their site. It should be out next week on barackobama.com.-Shepard
http://obeygiant.com/post/check-it-out
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Here is the 'thank you' letter Barack Obama sent to Shepard Fairey:
"Dear Shepard, I would like to thank you for using your talent in support of my campaign. The political messages involved in your work have encouraged Americans to believe they can help change the status quo. Your images have a profound effect on people, whether seen in a gallery or on a stop sign. I am privileged to be a part of your artwork and proud to have your support. I wish you continued success and creativity.

Sincerely, Barack Obama.'"

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/16/AR2008051601017.html

Source for letter image: Fairey's own website (ObeyGiant.com):
http://obeygiant.com/post/check-it-out

If the image of the letter should 'vanish' from Fairey's website, try this link:
http://www.notcot.com/images/obama_letter-to-shepard-fairey.jpg
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Portrait of Angela Davis by Obama artist Shepard Fairey:

Angela Davis

Source: The Jonathan Levine Gallery (link given above)
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From David Horowitz's FrontPageMag.com/DiscoverTheNetworks.org:
PROFILE: ANGELA DAVIS

* Communist professor at the University of California’s Santa Cruz campus
* Recipient of the Lenin “Peace Prize” from the police state of East Germany in 1979
* Provided an arsenal of weapons to Black Panthers who used them to kill a Marin Country judge in a failed attempt to free Davis' imprisoned lover, Black Panther murderer George Jackson
* Icon of the campus Left and frequent guest speaker at anti-war rallies
* Leader of a movement to free all criminals who are minorities claiming that they are political prisoners of the racist United States
* “The only path of liberation for black people is that which leads toward complete and radical overthrow of the capitalist class.”

Angela Yvonne Davis is a tenured professor in the “History of Consciousness” program at the University of California - Santa Cruz. A former member of the Black Panther Party, she is currently a “University Professor,” one of only seven in the entire California University system, which entitles her to a six-figure salary and a research assistant. This income is supplemented by speaking fees ranging from $10,000 to $20,000 per appearance on college campuses, where she is an icon of radical faculty, administrators, and students. Davis has also taught at UCLA and the State University of New York at Stony Brook.

http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/individualProfile.asp?indid=1303
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Also by Shepard Fairey, Obama's personal icon artist...

http://www.duckywaddles.com/Scripts/prodView.asp?idproduct=171
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http://www.duckywaddles.com/Scripts/prodView.asp?idproduct=744
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"Stalin Lenin", Shepard Fairey,
limited edition silkscreen, signed
and numbered. 18"X24" *SOLD OUT*
Source: http://www.duckywaddles.com/scripts/prodView.asp?idproduct=429
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"Check it out! I got a thank you note from Barack Obama. If he is elected, maybe I have a get out of jail free card"
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VIDEO: Obama icon artist, Shepard Fairey, discusses his numerous arrests (13!) in this May 2008 alternative media interview
(2:32 minutes):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozeTXRa7_zo&feature=related

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[Vigilanteman]

Angela Davis belongs in San Quentin. She arranged to arm her black panther buddies who escaped from a California courtroom and blew off the head of the judge in the process. Who even remembers the name of the judge?

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Ping!

[Snickering Hound]

Communist posters seem to always have that distant gaze to the left...

[Sylvester McMonkey McBean]

What’s with the roses in the gun barrels? Did he run out of muzzle brakes and suppressors?

Also, the similarity of O’s swag to that of the fmr CCCP’s swag almost makes them interchangeable.

[dforest]

Does Obama have no one that has anything to do with him that is not some kind of criminal?

[Red in Blue PA]

I think this is Obama's personal favorite:

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Does Obama have no one that has anything to do with him that is not some kind of criminal?

Or communist?

[TXBlair]

I was not impressed to see a picture of Billy Ray Cyrus in an “Obey” t-shirt back before the election. Disappointing.

[brewcrew]

Does Obama have no one that has anything to do with him that is not some kind of criminal?

Or communist?

There's a difference?

[Rebelbase]

Judge Haley. I recall seeing the photos in either Time or Life Magazines back in the day.

[Ghost of Philip Marlowe]

Commie scumbag should be in jail.

But not a jail filled with other anti-American scumbags.

Send him to a white-collar prison and make him do time with fraudsters and other abusers of the capitalist system.

[Pushead]

I really want one of these obama stickers, but instead of “HOPE” or “CHANGE” I’d like it to say “OBEY” - sort of combining Fairey’s “best” work to to come up with the truth - anybody good with photoshop out there can whip that up?

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

friends of Angela Davis. That’s her shotgun tied to the judge’s neck. He was killed by it.

Only a California jury could have acquitted her of supplying the Jackson brothers with it (and an illegally sawed-off shotgun at that). Hey, remember OJ?

A good judge is murdered and Davis gets a professorship.

That is California radicals justice. Hope the state falls into the Pacific. Only way to kill the red and black extremist rats.

[Cooter]

Google Obama Obey

[piasa]

A rose clenched in a fist , IIRC, is a symbol of the Socialist International; that’s probably something similar.

[piasa]

A rose clenched in a fist , IIRC, is a symbol of the Socialist International; that's probably something similar.

That's one reason I was supremely peeved when congress made the rose our national flower.

[piasa]

This one's pretty good:

link