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Defaced Portions of Shepard Fairey Mural Removed

July 8th, 2010 by Michael Neff
Michael Neff
Brooklyn, United States, North America
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A man removes defaced portions of Shepard Fairey's May Day mural while another installs plywood in place of the removed drywall. New York, USA. 08/07/2010.
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A woman shares her trophy: a piece of Shepard Fairey's public mural May Day that was partially removed on Thursday. New York, USA. 08/07/2010.
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Four men replace defaced sections of Shepard Fairey's public mural May Day with sheets of plywood. New York, USA. 08/07/2010.
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One of the men working on Shepard Fairey's May Day mural removes bits with a hammer. New York, USA. 08/07/2010.
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Three men work to remove defaced portions of May Day, an outdoor mural by Shepard Fairey, with sheets of plywood. New York, USA. 08/07/2010.
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A man removes bits of the defaced section of Shepard Fairey's public mural May Day. New York, USA. 08/07/2010.
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Four men replace defaced sections of Shepard Fairey's public mural May Day with sheets of plywood. New York, USA. 08/07/2010.
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Four men replace defaced sections of Shepard Fairey's public mural May Day with sheets of plywood. New York, USA. 08/07/2010.
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A man cuts out a section of Shepard Fairey's mural May Day that will be replaced with plywood. New York, USA. 08/07/2010.
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A man cuts out a section of Shepard Fairey's mural May Day that will be replaced with plywood. New York, USA. 08/07/2010.
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A man cuts out a section of Shepard Fairey's mural May Day that will be replaced with plywood. New York, USA. 08/07/2010.
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Four men replace defaced sections of Shepard Fairey's public mural May Day with sheets of plywood. New York, USA. 08/07/2010.
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Billy of Billy's Antiques & Props on Houston, whose shop is next door to the mural shows off his pieces of Shepard Fairey's May Day. New York, USA. 08/07/2010.
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Four men replace defaced sections of Shepard Fairey's public mural May Day with sheets of plywood. New York, USA. 08/07/2010.
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A passerby stops to talk about Shepar Fairey's May Day mural with the men removing the defaced section. New York, USA. 08/07/2010.
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The defaced lower section of Shepard Fairey's May Day mural was replaced with plywood this evening. New York, USA. 08/07/2010.
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Defaced portions of street artist Shepard Fairey's public mural 'May Day', installed in New York City, were removed this evening to eradicate graffiti that had accumulated on its lower section. Fans took pieces home. New York. USA. 08/07/2010

Street artist Shepard Fairey's large, outdoor public mural at the corner of Bowery and Houston in New York City received some attention today. The mural, titled May Day, had accumulated graffiti on its lower portion of after installation May 1st as part of a show by the same title at Deitch projects. This was the last show put on by Jeffrey Deitch before closing his gallery to take the position of Director at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, California.

As workers removed the lower portion of the mural, which is composed of wheat pasted posters and spray paint on drywall, onlookers took pieces of the mural with them.

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