Jac Leirner Street, 2026
Stickers on wall
Dimensions variable
Jac Leirner's Street, a site-specific installation, is comprised of a horizontal line made from hundreds of stickers featuring distinct motifs and selected by the artist from her vast personal collection. All iterations of the work vary, and are hence unique.
The interpretation of Street depends on what viewers bring to it. One person may recognize a logo from an art fair they attended. Another viewer might be pleased by a particular design or the way it fits into the overall composition.
The work originates in Leirner's Hip Hop (1998/2025), where the horizontal line is made from hundreds of pieces of adhesive tape, in different widths, colors and thickness. In its materiality, the work testifies to the music genre’s sticky sociality: once emerging from Black and Brown block parties, today, hip hop continues to celebrate the intersection of drums, voice, and dance. With Street, then, Leirner references yet another sticky continuation: the city-dwellers love to take to the streets and leave behind a mark.
The sticker is a recurring medium of Leirner's practice – a colorful material that serves as a ubiquitous vessel of contemporary mass culture. Some stickers even date back to the 1970s, when the artist began collecting them in her childhood. Similar to Hip Hop, the stickers are organized by color and shape. In this installation stickers are also organized by subjects, such as music, price tags, political stickers as well as those commonly used in the art world.
INSTALLATION SPECIFICATIONS
– The work should be installed at eye level.
– The dimensions of the work vary depending on the spatial conditions.
– Adhesive stickers running across architectural elements such as doors, fireplaces, or others are desirable.
COMPONENTS INCLUDED IN SALE
– Material will be provided by the artist’s studio according to the spatial requirements of the specific installation. As the adhesive stickers come from the artist’s historic tape collection, not all may be available; sufficient replacements will be provided by the artist’s studio.
– Additional stickers may be provided for museum loans or future installations upon approval by the artist’s studio and coverage of production costs.
– Installation guidelines.
– Certificate of authenticity.
The interpretation of Street depends on what viewers bring to it. One person may recognize a logo from an art fair they attended. Another viewer might be pleased by a particular design or the way it fits into the overall composition.
The work originates in Leirner's Hip Hop (1998/2025), where the horizontal line is made from hundreds of pieces of adhesive tape, in different widths, colors and thickness. In its materiality, the work testifies to the music genre’s sticky sociality: once emerging from Black and Brown block parties, today, hip hop continues to celebrate the intersection of drums, voice, and dance. With Street, then, Leirner references yet another sticky continuation: the city-dwellers love to take to the streets and leave behind a mark.
The sticker is a recurring medium of Leirner's practice – a colorful material that serves as a ubiquitous vessel of contemporary mass culture. Some stickers even date back to the 1970s, when the artist began collecting them in her childhood. Similar to Hip Hop, the stickers are organized by color and shape. In this installation stickers are also organized by subjects, such as music, price tags, political stickers as well as those commonly used in the art world.
INSTALLATION SPECIFICATIONS
– The work should be installed at eye level.
– The dimensions of the work vary depending on the spatial conditions.
– Adhesive stickers running across architectural elements such as doors, fireplaces, or others are desirable.
COMPONENTS INCLUDED IN SALE
– Material will be provided by the artist’s studio according to the spatial requirements of the specific installation. As the adhesive stickers come from the artist’s historic tape collection, not all may be available; sufficient replacements will be provided by the artist’s studio.
– Additional stickers may be provided for museum loans or future installations upon approval by the artist’s studio and coverage of production costs.
– Installation guidelines.
– Certificate of authenticity.