“Slaps” are usually a notorious form of graffiti, with artists taking advantage of stickers distributed free at post offices to prepare tags in advance to slap on stop signs, lamp posts, subway cars ...
Graffiti—and its role in cities—has spawned countless movies, museum exhibits, books. But what about its scrappier cousin, sticker art? In the 1980s and ’90s, “sticker bombing,” also known as ...
Starting in the early nineties, Michael Anderson, a Bronx-born artist, began to amass what has come to be regarded—unofficially, and mostly by Anderson himself—as the world’s largest collection of ...
I've been practicing graffiti, mainly sketchbook orientated for the past 3 years.. my work's not linked to school in anyway, just one of my passions I suppose.The words (if you can't read them, are, ...
These aren't the scratch-and-sniffs or Lisa Franks you collected as a kid. This is sticker art, a subset of graffiti culture. Sticker art, also known as "slaps," is a quicker -- and therefore ...
"I don't think the Postal Service has caught on to this," photographer Martha Cooper says over the phone. That is: Officials haven't caught on to the fact that street artists are stealing postage ...
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese graffiti artist "281 Antinuke" says his latest street art - politically-charged stickers plastered around central Tokyo - takes aim at U.S. President Donald Trump. Amid the ...
If you thought stickers were just something scored after a successful visit to the pediatrician or a way to humble brag that you’ve voted, then the multifaceted underground sticker community may come ...
On July 25, Mayor Michael Hancock, Denver Partners Against Graffiti and 200-plus volunteers took to the streets of Capitol Hill to “buff out” some of the graffiti surrounding East High School. This ...
Spray paint cans are the latest unconventional objects in New York City to be arranged in the form of a Christmas tree. Standing in Freeman Alley at the UNTITLED Hotel on the Lower East Side, this ...