Since Shepard Fairey and his mural first took a hit in Copenhagen last month, “the mural continues to get vandalized regularly.” Fairey wasn’t planning on fixing his mural (again) and called the initial attacks “senselessly barbaric.” Regardless, they keep on coming. Read more »
It happened when the artist left a Copenhagen nightclub that was hosting the after party for his newly opened gallery exhibit, Your Ad Here, last weekend. The 41-year-old designer and a friend were reportedly “punched and kneed” by three “left wing anarchists,” leaving him with a “black eye and a bruised rib” (and ego), according to a lengthy statement on his website about the incident that was first reported by the Guardian. Read more »
The CO15 climate summit ended Friday, and despite the US’s claim of a “meaningful agreement,” Greenies worldwide are fuming like smokestacks as CO2 emissions reduction goals were dropped. In honor of this historic success/failure, let’s take a look at a few Red, White, and Blue-tweaking installations from the conference. First up (click images), the Oxfam Big Heads made their expected appearance, this time with mug shot signs around their necks with the line “History will judge me.” Next, Danish artist Jens Galschiot, part of the activist group Seven Meters, erected “Balancing Act” sculptures of world leaders around the city, including this taut-butted naked Obama. And lastly, a six-meter high replica of the Statue of Liberty belching smoke out of her torch—called “Freedom to Pollute”—was placed on a hill over the city. Disappointing, was the apparent lack of anti-China pieces. See more work at The Inspiration Room Daily.
Some legal prostitutes in Copenhagen aren’t too happy with city hall for issuing postcards to hotels during the UN climate summit with the message: “Be sustainable: Don’t buy sex.” So they’ll protest by offering freebies to anyone who can produce the postcard or credentials for the summit. |AFP|
V1 Gallery in Copenhagen follows their recent “New Yorkers” art exhibition with another local export: graffiti artist NECKFACE. “Return to the Womb,” the prolific street scribbler’s second solo show with the gallery, features watercolors, boards layered with pop-culture imagery, and metal monster masks. The exhibition will be on view through July 25.
Street artist ABOVE is kicking off a new European tour in Copenhagen, where he’s installed his latest work, “The Naked Truth.” With stencils and bathroom hardware the globe-trotting artist turned a piece of fencing into a revealing display. See the video after the jump and the photos above for a peek behind ABOVE’s curtain. Read more »
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