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Printed on 100% cotton rag, stamp-authenticated and signed by the artist. Print is delivered in a sturdy mailing tube. Half of the proceeds (after production and shipping costs) support the important work of WYSO 91.3, Yellow Springs NPR affiliate.
The art: A ubiquitous marker of big-box retail, these adhesive labels translated pricing into a visual language of urgency and discount. Applied by hand or pricing gun, they layered products with temporary value, often obscuring original packaging beneath bold numerals. Their colors and typographic simplicity signaled affordability and immediacy, reinforcing a culture of mass consumption driven by visibility and perceived savings. Removal often left behind residue or fragments, a physical trace of transactional intervention. As centralized barcode systems replaced them, these stickers stand as artifacts of a more manual, visibly adjusted marketplace.
Printed on 100% cotton rag, stamp-authenticated and signed by the artist. Print is delivered in a sturdy mailing tube. Half of the proceeds (after production and shipping costs) support the important work of WYSO 91.3, Yellow Springs NPR affiliate.
The art: A ubiquitous marker of big-box retail, these adhesive labels translated pricing into a visual language of urgency and discount. Applied by hand or pricing gun, they layered products with temporary value, often obscuring original packaging beneath bold numerals. Their colors and typographic simplicity signaled affordability and immediacy, reinforcing a culture of mass consumption driven by visibility and perceived savings. Removal often left behind residue or fragments, a physical trace of transactional intervention. As centralized barcode systems replaced them, these stickers stand as artifacts of a more manual, visibly adjusted marketplace.