Sticker art

A sticker by Smear photographed in Los Angeles in 2006

Sticker art (also known as slaps in a graffiti context)[1] is a form of street art in which an image or message is publicly displayed using stickers. These stickers may promote a political agenda, comment on a policy or issue, or comprise a subcategory of graffiti.[2]

Sticker artists use various types of stickers, from eggshell stickers to free paper stickers, such as the United States Postal Service's Label 228 or name tags.[3] Part of their popularity in street art comes from being a faster, and therefore safer, option in illegal graffiti.[4]

  1. ^ Brown, Michelle; Carrabine, Eamonn (2017-07-06). Routledge International Handbook of Visual Criminology. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-317-49754-7.
  2. ^ Marecki, Piotr (2014). Stickers as a Literature - Distribution Platform. NYC: The Trope Tank. p. 2.
  3. ^ Cooper, Martha (2009-03-28). Going Postal. New York; London: Mark Batty Publisher. ISBN 9780979966651.
  4. ^ Elsner, Daniela; Helff, Sissy; Viebrock, Britta (2013). Films, Graphic Novels & Visuals: Developing Multiliteracies in Foreign Language Education : an Interdisciplinary Approach. LIT Verlag Münster. ISBN 978-3-643-90390-7.