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Artist Shepard Fairey got a big break in his court case involving the city of Boston, but he's not out of the woods yet.

Prosecutors said they dropped 14 vandalism charges against the Los Angeles street artist, who is best known for creating the "Hope" poster for then-presidential candidate Barack Obama. Court papers filed Tuesday revealed that lawyers didn't have enough evidence to prove that it was Fairey himself who placed stickers on signposts and other public property in Roxbury, Mass.

The district attorney for Suffolk County said he still has the option of pursuing 13 other vandalism-related charges against the artist.

Fairey's lawyer Tuesday disputed the numbers, saying 13 charges, not 14, had been dismissed and that his client was still fighting 15 more, according to a report in the Boston Globe.

"We're happy that those cases have been dismissed, and we're looking forward to others being dismissed as well that rely on the same set of facts that these did," the artist's lawyer was quoted as saying.

Fairey, 39, was originally arrested and charged with vandalism on Feb. 6. He is also in the midst of a legal battle with the Associated Press, which claims that the artist violated copyright laws when he used one of its photographs for his "Hope" poster.

Bad Brains are one of my favorite punk/hardcore groups of all time. If you don’t have their self titled debut, “Rock For Light”, “I Agaist I”, or “Quickness”, they are all essential. I first heard Bad Brains at the beginning of 1984 when my friend lent me the brilliantly curated and titled Alternative Tentacles compilation “Let Then Eat Jellybeans”(A Reagan dessert favorite update to the Marie Antoinette slogan “Let them eat cake”). The Bad Brains song “Pay to Cum” from their first album was on the comp along with songs by Black Flag, The Dead Kennedys, The Circle Jerks, Flipper, etc.. I then went out to find full length records by all those bands. I soon discovered Minor Threat as well, and learned that Bad Brains had influenced their vocalist Ian MacKaye and Black flag vocalist Henry Rollins who were from Washington DC where Bad Brains had started as well. The Bad Brains were also a huge influence for the Beastie Boys. This collaboration ties into almost all of the bands I mentioned because they were almost all iconically shot at various times by photographer Glen E. Friedman. Glen shot a lot of great photos of Bad Brains and a few different shots were spliced together as the reference for this poster illustration. If you don’t know Glen’s work, and you should… go to burningflags.com. This poster is signed by Glen, me, and all the original members of Bad Brains. Keep that PMA.
-Shepard

On sale on 3/26/09 HERE

Be sure to check out BADBRAINS.com and BURNINGFLAGS.com
…or you might miss something you don’t want to miss!

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Bad Brains Collaboration Print
Shepard Fairey x Glen E Friedman x Bad Brains
24 x 18, 3 Color Screen Print 
Edition of 425
Signed by Shepard, Glen E Friedman, and all the original members of Bad Brains 
$120

OBEY, Guerilla One, and The Seventh Letter have always had a strong long-lasting friendship and creative relationship with numerous collaborations including the late 90’s Free GKAE print, created by Shepard and Casey Zoltan from The Seventh Letter, to raise funds for GKAE’s legal fees.

This current project was created to symbolize both strength in numbers and unity by way of collaboration. The Seventh Letter, Obey Giant, and Guerilla One have all stood individually and collectively as pillars in the graffiti /street art scene both domestically and internationally. Its apparent that the 3 collaborators will continue to support street art by creating new platforms that encourage and inspire many worldwide.  

I met Eddie and Casey in the late 90’s around the time I started coming from San Diego to LA to put up posters. Casey’s Seventh Letter Crew had all the best graffiti spots, and Eddie was promoting the scene through his website Guerilla One, and promoting the website through obsessive sticker bombing. I’ve met too many cool people to name through these guys and it is always a pleasure to work with them. I’d say “stay up”, but they need no reminder.
-Shepard

“I have always rolled with G1 and Shepard through thick and thin and will always have their backs forever on a street and professional level”.    
- Casey EKLIPS Zoltan, Founder of THE SEVENTH LETTER

“When we started doing graffiti, putting up stickers we had no idea the places it would take us, and no matter where we go from here we will stay loyal to those who have helped us get there.”
- Eddie Donaldson, Founder of Guerilla One

This print is an edition of 450, 18 x 24, Signed by Shepard. If you can’t get them on OBEY be sure to head over to MADSOCIETY.com, as a 100 Prints will be available for sale there!