NYC’s billboard remixing artist recently hit up London during his four-city book tour for War of Art and he even managed to create some original work, far outside the jurisdiction of his parole. See more of Poster Boy’s “interventions’ over here. (Photo: nolionsinengland)
The underground ad altering artist known as Poster Boy is using his time out of jail for the greater good…of other vandals. He will kick off a legal defense fund for artists” at the launch party for his book: The War of Art. Kids Are Rallying Against The Empire (K.A.R.A.T.E.) aims to assist those in fighting “art-related crimes conceived in public space.” Also, prosecutors beware, PB has a new lawyer: Ron Kuby!
After receiving an alert from the Department of Corrections that Poster Boy was released, we contacted his defense attorney, Kerry Gotlib, who confirmed that his client has been granted bail pending an appeal and is confident the judge will reinstate the original sentence that didn’t involve jail time at Rikers. Note to Poster Boy: ya might wanna show up early to this next court date.
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Well that didn’t take long. Less than 24 hours after Banksy’s latest street art started popping up around NYC, its been vandalized. The words “Free Henry” were painted on several of the high profile pieces, but you’ll never guess who stenciled their name in credit: Poster Boy! But he’s in jail and although he will be released on bail in a few days according to his book publisher, Henry Matyjewicz hasn’t left Rikers Island yet. So how can this be? Read more »
If you agree that locking up Poster Boy for 11 months at Rikers Island—regardless of his past arrests and missed court dates—is a bit excessive, you may want to join the Free Poster Boy page on Facebook. Sure, it might not be as successful as the campaign to get Betty White on SNL, but it is another avenue to get the word out that the city could benefit a lot more from hours of community service than it can from the costs of locking someone up for almost a year.
As we reported yesterday, the artist-vandal known as Poster Boy was sentenced to 11 months at Rikers Island. He is housed at the Otis Bantum Correctional Center (OBCC), which one Department of Corrections operator described as “the worst jail” over there. But, he did say that being “an artist is a commodity” and could help keep him make friends as inmates often need stuff drawn for custom jailhouse-style stationery. Hey, it worked for KIKO. UPDATE: He’s been moved to the EMTC (Eric M Taylor Center). Read more »
The subway ad altering artist known as Poster Boy is in lots of trouble and this time community service was not an option. A source tells us he was sentenced to 11 months in jail by a Brooklyn judge this morning. Henry Matyjewicz was taken into custody immediately and will be sent to Rikers Island. Last week, the judge made a ruling in his favor that would have allowed him to avoid jail time, but since he didn’t show, that ruling has been voided and now he’s screwed. Free Poster Boy? UPDATE: We contacted Poster Boy’s attorney, Kerry Gotlib, and he gave us some insights into what went down. Read more »
It’s been a while since we’ve heard from Poster Boy, the subway ad manipulating artist who plead guilty last December and was sentenced to 210 hours of community service, but here’s the latest update by way of the Post: “Prosecutors said Matyjewicz, aka Poster Boy, was arrested Jan. 22 at 3:20 a.m. after a cop spotted him at the Jefferson Street L train station in Bushwick slicing the heads off people depicted on an ad.” He has apparently abandoned the “Poster Boy is a movement defense,” reportedly admitting his identity to the arresting officer after his name was run through the computer. |NYP|
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Nearly a year after his arrest at a Soho art opening, Poster Boy has been sentenced to community service. The ad altering artist was given 210 hours of work yesterday in Brooklyn Supreme Court after pleading guilty to two counts of criminal mischief, a felony and misdemeanor, according to the Post. Read more »
After slicing off Shakira’s skull on his visit from London, the Decapitator teamed up with Poster Boy for a crappy collaboration. The ad-attacking artists reworked some phone booth spots in Bushwick, putting up posters that, along with Posterchild’s public urination notices, are defining New York’s scatological street art scene. |Public Ad Campaign|
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