Posted on: January 7th, 2009 "Going Postal" with Legendary Photographer Martha Cooper
With persistence and admiration, legendary photographer Martha Cooper spent the last few years snapping pictures of the work of urban street artists who share ideas, viewpoints and other personal expressions in public using common postal stickers in uncommon ways. Because they are freely accessible in large quantities, postal stickers have long been the preferred substrate of many street artists. Cooper celebrates their work in a new book called Going Postal, from Mark Batty Publisher.
In what she calls "a spirit of historical preservation," Cooper sought out the most interesting work of these artists, who use of this old-school method has turned it into another rich facet of the world’s many graffiti cultures. By documenting the work of both the named and the anonymous artists who practice the art of postal sticker expression, Cooper shows the tireless nature of their artistic pursuits—and their sometimes subversive approaches.
Going Postal features sticker and tag art from dozens or urban artists working mostly in New York and Philadelphia, with samples also from Baltimore, San Francisco, Berlin, Tokyo, Amsterdam and elsewhere. Representing a broad spectrum of styles and ideas, Going Postal delivers a great collection of stickers, documenting how an old-school method has burgeoned into another rich facet of the world’s graffiti cultures.
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