Chicago - "Peel: The Art of the Sticker" (05.16.08 - ?)
Signing at Rotofugi
Friday, May 16 -- 6-10 PM
We're big fans of stickers and magazines which means that one of our favorite magazines, naturally, is PEEL.
Dave and Holly Combs traveled to New York City from Indianapolis, Indiana, to assist with Sept. 11 recovery efforts. While exploring Manhattan during their off hours, they were inspired by the wealth of stickers they saw all over the city. These stickers inspired the Combses to create the first street-art magazine to focus on stickers as an art form. PEEL gradually evolved from a black and white zine stuffed into plastic bags to a full-size, glossy, internationally distributed magazine. This book documents the development of PEEL and the sticker culture it commemorates (and propagates) with such palpable delight.
Showcasing stickers, interviews and articles from the first eight issues of PEEL, this book celebrates the innovation and diversity of sticker and street art, including interviews with some of the scene’s legendary figures like Shepard Fairey and SEEN, along with profiles of international sticker communities, and sticker designs from artists across the globe. And of course, the book comes with stickers, 69 of them. PEEL: The Art of the Sticker demonstrates how the Combses have created a nexus for the sticker and street art community, providing a forum for artists to transcend culture, language and geography by abiding by the PEEL credo: “Take your art and . . . STICK IT!”
Dave and Holly will will be in the store signing copies of their new book and we'll be transforming the Rotofugi storefront windows into a temporary gallery featuring sticker art by some of the best artists from all over the world!
ROTOFUGI
DESIGNER TOY STORE
1953 W. Chicago Ave. [map]
Chicago, IL 60622
phone: 312.491.9501
TOY STORE HOURS
Open Mon-Saturday 12noon-8pm, Sunday 12noon-5pm
ROTOFUGI GALLERY
1955 W. Chicago Ave.
GALLERY HOURS
Open Saturdays 12noon-4pm and any other time the toy store is open and staff is available to open the gallery (call ahead to the toy store to make sure we'll have two people there if you're making a special trip to
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