sticker art

Peel-and-place designs

Sticker art is a form of street art using adhesive labels or decals, often slapped on lampposts, mailboxes, and other urban surfaces.

The medium appeals to artists for its speed and portability—a sticker can be designed at home and applied in seconds.

Sticker art ranges from simple hand-drawn tags to elaborate printed designs, and collections accumulate on surfaces where stickers aren't removed: The phone booth was covered in sticker art.

Related
  • slapOpen-handed blow
  • vinylSynthetic resin plastic
  • decalAdhesive decorative image
  • taggingAttaching identifying markers
  • paste-upPhysical page layout method

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Categories
Opposites
medium/technique

sticker artgraffiti

Illegal surface markings

aerosol art · fresco · sculpture · oil painting · mosaic

permanence

sticker arttattoo

Permanent dermal design

monument · bronze sculpture · fresco · engraving · petroglyphs

institutional status

sticker artfine art

Aesthetic visual creations

state-sponsored art · high art

Family

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Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G