Recently updated on January 20th, 2018 at 01:46 am
There are many graffiti artists who prefer wheat paste and paper to spray cans and respirator masks. In fact, the most famous and recognized graffiti artists on the planet are “stickers” rather than “sprayers”(both Banksy and Fairey quickly learning how to make a sticker into high concept art with their provocative paste-up masterpieces.) Now, the purists in the graffiti community may argue that printing cool stickers or large-scale photo-reproductions of work is a far cry from the skill of the spray-can artist, but I would argue that like anything else, it’s in the idea and execution that makes something a true work of art.
The following pieces are a testament to this fact and also prove that great street art doesn’t need to cover an entire wall or side of a building. These 25 cool stickers and small paste-ups are mini-masterpieces in their own right and deserve to be judged in the same arena as the biggest and most impressive full-wall pieces.
Please enjoy these super-cool stickers and paste-ups:
Original source: http://www.topdesignmag.com/20-very-cool-urban-stickers/
A super-rad elephant sticker paste-up.
Original source: http://www.pinterest.com/pin/96405248246473867/
A funny and edgy sticker by famous Australian-born graffiti artist, The Yok
Original source: http://endlesscanvas.com/
Cool sticker in a surreal, graphic style – an example of Hong Kong street art paste-ups
Original source: http://weigeltw.tumblr.com/post/99511063231/death-smile-by-monsieurqui-streetart-graffiti
Death Smile By @monsieurqui – a darkly beautiful piece.
Original source: http://www.topdesignmag.com/20-very-cool-urban-stickers/
German artist St Pauli uses a shipping label to create his cool sticker art.
Original source: http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/47/8d/77/478d77dd09358b6c7e6327ad9233d36b.jpg
Notice the “approved” sticker. This piece was the subject of the Red Label guerrilla sticker campaign that gave the public curatorial power to comment on street art.
Original source: http://www.pinterest.com/pin/21955116906409316/
Popular street artist Cryptik, wows us with his super-clean, decorative style.
Original source: http://www.pinterest.com/pin/298785756500922182/
German street artist, Agata Dudek created this stunning paste-up for the Berlin streets.
Original source: http://www.pinterest.com/pin/333899759845401318/
This ingenious mixed-media street art sticker piece was created by Scottyfivealive.
Original source: http://www. flickr.com/photos/cobrinha_marian/8713119502/
The uber cool and brilliant illustrative style of artist, Cobrinha.
Original source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/annie_everywhere/3805619860/in/photostream
We dig this gruesomely cool sticker with anatomical divisions.
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Nice artwork and post! Check out Morley, he’s a street artist that does poster paste-ups here in LA: http://iammorley.squarespace.com.