Famous propaganda artist Shepard Fairey recently visited one of my favorite European capitals and did something I didn’t suspected! After all this paste-up installations he left behind in almost every bigger city around the world, he yet again painted a massive mural in Copenhagen!

Shepard Fairey and the Obey crew beautify walls in and around Copenhagen. This particular peace dove mural was their first effort and located on Jagtvej 69, 2200 Nørrebro for those in town. (Molotow)

In my eyes it’s good to see him painting! By the way, Jagtvej 69 is the address of Copenhagen’s former Ungdomshuset, a left-winged, creative youth house which was destroyed in 2007 and caused some of the biggest riots the Danish capital ever experienced! I think Peace 69 is an allusion to this…

shepard fairey in copenhagen

shepard fairey in copenhagen

Photo by Henrik Haven.