Sticker cars
| Sticker Cars Part One |
The latest art fad in New Orleans:
They’re called sticker cars, because they’re decorated with big stick-on graphics, like the ones used on buses and delivery trucks. They’re popular among young men — and a few women — out to draw attention at car shows, second-lines and during their daily commutes. They’re a fashion statement on wheels, one of those funky urban things that easily could become a pan-American craze.
What I find interesting is the total absence of irony. When Andy Warhol painted the Campbell’s soup cans, he was making a statement about consumer culture. Critics questioned Warhol’s motives as an artist, and suspected that his work was an elaborate put-on. With the sticker cars, there is no statement, there is only an identification with a particular brand.