Bwa ha ha ha ha ha!!1!
Shepard 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.
"I have a black eye and a bruised rib," Fairey told the Guardian.
"Poor thing- tell us what happened"
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".
snipped: long tedious explanation of an 'artistic misunderstanding'
The artist said he had not filed a police report following the attack in Copenhagen. "I did not know any of the people or get a great look at them, so it seemed pointless," he said. "I'm not a huge fan of the cops anyway. The only thing I could see coming out of it was further media commentary like 'street artist whiner Shepard Fairey can't hold it down in a fight so he snitches to the cops'."
Well, that DOES sum up a certain aspect of this little story- you just whined to your Guardian pals instead of the proper authorities... |
