Shepard Fairey, 39, the artist who created the red, white, and blue 'Hope' portrait of President Barack Obama has plead guilty to graffiti in Boston. While in Boston to launch his first solo exhibit at Boston's Institute of Contemporary Art, Fairey defaced public property in a variety of locations.
The defacement was actually unauthorized placement of posters and stickers on public property; Shepard Fairey plead guilty to three charges that consisted of hanging a poster on an electrical box, and placing stickers on traffic signs. 11 other charges against Shepard Fairey were dismissed.
Shepard Fairey will pay $2,000 in graffiti clean up fines and must issue a public apology to the people of Boston. He also faces 2 years probation which will require him to notify police whenever he is in Boston.
Shepard Fairey, a Los Angeles artist whose "Hope" image of Obama hangs in the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, was arrested in February while traveling to Boston's Institute of Contemporary Art to kickoff his first solo exhibition.
Police accused the 39-year-old of damaging property with graffiti in several city locations.
Fairey pleaded guilty to one count of defacing property for placing a poster on an electrical box in 2000 and to two counts of destruction of property in 2009 for placing a sticker on a traffic sign and affixing a poster to a condominium.
Eleven charges were dismissed.
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