Stickers are a constant in cities and urban areas. As a form of vandalism or streets art it is extremely efficient and cheap. In the 80's and 90's the streets of New York had an epidemic of vandalism among other things.
Stickers as an art form is powerful in how you can subliminally send messages to people. Companies do its all the time, it's a cheap form of advertisement that can be put literally anywhere. The two typical kinds of stickers are paper and vinyl.
The paper stickers are cheaper, but don't last long and definitely don't hold up to weather. Vinyl is a durable and plastic like material that holds up to weather, but sometimes fades in the sun.vinyl is more expensive but is choice on any type of quality sticker.
Many famous street artists got their start from stickers because of their ease of use and versitiity. Shepard Fairy is one of these artists, but again. We'll talk about him at another time.
The best kind of stickers are the ones that make absolutely no seens. I like to go around and put stickers of mustaches and some that have no meaning to them and see hundreds of people confused and say," what does that mean?"
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