lance aram rothstein CD Stickers, Posted Stickers, Stickers

RJFC Sticker #5 left in Barcelona

RJFC Sticker #5 posted in Barcelona.

Ray Johnson Fan Club Sticker #5
Completed in December 2012 while visiting Barcelona, Spain. This sticker was posted on 12/26/2012 just outside of MACBA (Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona).
sticker #5 posted in Barcelona

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USING TRASH OFF THE STREETS TO MAKE ART ON THE STREETS.
I use only trash and found items to collage these handmade, signed & numbered stickers. They are made to compliment my larger works which in which I use trashy paperback book covers, record & magazine covers, posters, postcards and other mass-produced media as a base for my hand-cut & paste collages, which I usually leave out on the streets for anyone to enjoy (or destroy.)
See More of my Stickers at: www.rayjohnsonfanclub.com/stickers

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RJFC Stickers #1-3

My first three stickers!

sticker #1 (to be sent out soon)
sticker #1 (Sent to Lanny R. – a fan in Jacksonville, FL)

I’ve decided to apply my trashy collage to some CD labels to use as stickers. I’ve never seen it done before, but it seemed so obvious to use the stack of ready-made labels in that shape that is instantly recognizable as a CD/DVD. Each one is hand-cut and pasted using only trash and found materials. Each is also hand signed and stamped. “PAY NO ATTENTION TO Ray Johnson Fan Club .com”
I had initially made these first three to post out on the streets of Barcelona, but I actually misplaced them while packing and accidentally left them behind. So now these will be the first stickers sent out to some of my Facebook Fans.

Later I plan to actually collage on some CDs themselves and have some original art on them digitally so stay tuned!

sticker #2 (to be sent out soon)
sticker #2 (to be sent out soon)
sticker #3 (to be sent out soon)
sticker #3 (Sent to a fan in Indian Harbor Beach, Florida.)
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First 3 Disc Stickers ready for Barcelona

20121222 1st 3 disc stickers

I’ve decided to apply my trashy collage to some CD labels to use as stickers. I’ve never seen it done before, but it seemed so obvious to use the stack of ready-made labels in that shape that is instantly recognizable as a CD/DVD. Each one is hand-cut and pasted using only trash and found materials. Each is also hand signed and stamped. “PAY NO ATTENTION TO Ray Johnson Fan Club .com” I’ll be posting these up in Barcelona next week and making a few more while I’m there as well as my usual Album Cover collages.

ANYONE WHO “LIKES” MY FACEBOOK PAGE BEFORE 2013 WILL GET A FREE, ONE-OF-A-KIND STICKER AS A NEW YEAR’S GIFT!

Later I plan to actually collage on some CDs themselves and have some original art on them digitally.
Stay tuned!

lance aram rothstein Collaged Polaroids

PX No.540 (left in Savannah, Georgia, USA)

picturecrossing No.540 (SX No.453) Another virtually blank shot. It was very hard to keep these pictures covered in the freezing wind so I got several blank or obscured shots. You could barely make out some lines and people walking in the back of this picture shot at the Bauhaus Archiv in Berlin, so I drew on it and collaged with trash and found objects.

CAMERA: Polaroid SX-70 Alpha 1 SE – c.1978
FILM: Impossible Project PX600 Silver Shade (box #430 11052010)
This pack had an odd “#32” printed on the back as if they were actually using old Polaroid backing materials.
DATE SHOT:12/30/2010
DATE COLLAGED:10/2012

LEFT:PX No.540 was left in Savannah, Georgia, USA on 11/13/2012 at the Greyhound Bus station near West Youmans Street, (which seemed to be under renovation) just below a red fire alarm. (see photo below) I left it there while transferring busses on my 8-hour ride from Jacksonville to Atlanta.

see where it was left in Savannah, Georgia:
PX No.540 (left in Savannah)

See more of my Picturecrossings at: www.picturecrossing.com

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lance aram rothstein Record Covers Left on the Street

Relationship LVIII – “Don’t Lie About Your Sloppy Price Fashion Cult Object”

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My 58th collage: Relationship LVIII – “Don’t Lie About Your Sloppy Price Fashion Cult Object” was completed and posted on November 23, 2012 in Hudson Beach, Florida, USA. It was made using the album cover from the record “Hulla Baloo!”
This hand cut-and-paste collage took about 8 hours to complete. Some of the notable items of trash include; part of a vintage Brussels hotel receipt, halo rays from a chocolate wrapper, printer’s color marks from a frozen food pack, clippings from an old edition of The Pasco Times, a baggage claim ticket stub, a Monster beverage sticker found stuck to the bottom of my sister’s shoe, crossword solutions from during the Republican National Convention, part of a Sloppy Joe’s Key West cardboard coaster, part of the wrapper from some Key Lime Coconut Patties, etc, etc,…

I left this on the wooden railing of the second story gazebo at Hudson Beach, Florida overlooking the Gulf of Mexico. (see photo below)

Relationship LVIII (Left in Hudson Beach, Florida)

see the original record album cover:
Hulla Balloo! - (Collage #LVIII)

lance aram rothstein Record Covers Left on the Street

Relationship LVII – “Forget Saving the World. Defend Yourself from Charity for the Poor.”

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My 57th collage: Relationship LVII – “Forget Saving the World. Defend Yourself from Charity for the Poor.” was completed and posted on November 19, 2012 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. It was made using the album cover from the musical “Sweet Charity” (1966)
This hand cut-and-paste collage took about 8 hours to complete. Some of the notable items of trash include; part of a Covent Garden Tea Shop bag, Royal Mail postmark sticker, a “high five” ruler found on the ground at the Atlanta Zoo, halo rays from a chocolate wrapper, Fresh Taste seal from orange juice, cigarette promo codes, erectile disfunction ad, printer’s color marks from a paper towel pack, auto repair tag, microwave veggie notice, receipt from my Sam Flax art supplies, grey/silver tear-tab found in the parking lot at North Dekalb Mall, Chinese & tiger from Kung Fu Panda-themed glue stick package. etc, etc,…

I left this on a brick wall in the Cabbagetown neighborhood of Atlanta, Georgia next to “Profiling Solutions” at 174 Carroll Street S.E. (see photo below)

Relationship LVII (Left in Cabbagetown, Atlanta)

see the original album cover:
Sweet Charity - (Collage #LVII)

lance aram rothstein Record Covers Left on the Street

Relationship LVI – “I get Agonising Vibrations from The Good old Days.”

Relationship LVI - "I get Agonising Vibrations from The Good old Days." by LANCEPHOTO
Relationship LVI – “I get Agonising Vibrations from The Good old Days.”

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My 56th collage: Relationship LVI – “I get Agonising Vibrations from The Good old Days.” was completed and posted on November 18, 2012 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. It was made using the album cover from “I Get Around” by The Good Vibrations. (1978 – Disco covers of Beach Boys tracks, mostly lead sung by Luther Vandross.)
This hand cut-and-paste collage took about 8 hours to complete. Some of the notable items of trash include; a map of the Atlanta Zoo found on the ground there, a strip of vintage Tupperware labels, the printer’s color marks from a milk carton, my Delta baggage tags, halo rays from a chocolate wrapper, Financial Times illustration of Conrad Black (found on floor of airplane), Kroger Supermarket receipt (found in the parking lot), an illustration from a lazer level instruction booklet, a Monopoly $20 bill, part of a Gerhard Richter gallery ad, warnings from a cigarette ad, and a magazine clipping from an article on Chinese artist Liu Bolin. etc, etc…
I left this on a wall in Atlanta, Georgia the same day next to the Savannah College of Art & Design Atlanta at 1600 Peachtree Street Northeast. (see photo below)

Relationship LVI (left in Atlanta)

see the original album cover:

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lance aram rothstein Record Covers Left on the Street

Relationship LV – Supersize my SUMMER McCHICKEN mystery tour.

Relationship LV - "Supersize my SUMMER McCHICKEN mystery tour."

Relationship LV – “Supersize my SUMMER McCHICKEN mystery tour.” was completed and posted on November 13, 2012 in Jacksonville, Florida, USA. It was made using the album cover from a record called simply “Summer Hits”.

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This hand cut-and-paste collage took about 6 hours to complete. Some of the notable items of trash include; a hand-written note to the poet Charles Baudelaire which I found on the ground beside his grave at the Montparnasse Cemetery in Paris, a vintage receipt from a Brussels Hotel, the printer’s color marks and top corner from an O’Doul’s six-pack box, an altered phrase from my Delta motion sickness bag, halo rays from a gum wrapper, part of a hotel key card from the Air Force Inn, part of a McDonalds McChicken wrapper, etc, etc…
I left this on a wall in Jacksonville, Florida the same day next to a nice mural on Lomax Street in Five Points.

Relatonship LV (FOUND in Jacksonville)

And it was actually found the same day by Susan G. who wrote:
“So, I get home from work and Sam says “Lance Rothstein is here” I look around the house…but no, not here but he IS in Jacksonville. So I look at the photo’s he’s posting on Facebook and Sam says “That’s Park Street and look at that collage” I’m yeah, that’s Park Street Sam! Sam, tralalala, “Sam that’s Park Street and a new collage” “oH My!” we run to the car and tear across the Acosta Bridge and race to Park Street. And there’s a Lance Rothstein on a wall underneath the new style Bob Slack graffitti. WE NOW OWN A LANCE ROTHSTEIN ORIGINAL!!”
(she posted this photo on Facebook)

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lance aram rothstein Collaged Polaroids

PX No.566 left in Ghent

PX No.566 by LANCEPHOTO
PX No.566, a photo by LANCEPHOTO on Flickr.

picturecrossing No.566 (SX No.480) Originally a shot showing a mannequin head in a window at a house on Sloterkade in Amsterdam, Nederland. – I drew on it and collaged with trash and found objects.

CAMERA: Polaroid SX-70 Alpha 1 SE – c.1978
FILM: Impossible Project PX600 Silver Shade Black Frame (box #44017022011)
DATE:5/22/2011
SCANNER:HP Scanjet G4050

LEFT:PX No.566 was left in Ghent, Belgium on 10/28/2012 on the “MoMa gravestone” of artist Leo Copers’ – Museum Graveyard in Citadel Park. (see photo below)

See more of my Left Polaroids at: www.picturecrossing.com

see where it was left in Ghent:
PX No.566 (left in Ghent)

lance aram rothstein Record Covers Left on the Street

Relationship XLIV – “Save your Kisses for the Saturdays of Summer”

Collage Relationship XLIV was completed and left on Sunday 7/22/2012 on Rue Jean-Pierre Timbaud in the 11th arrondissement in Paris, France.
While staying in Paris for the weekend and visiting the Montparnasse Cemetery, this collage was made using the back side of the LP “Exitos del Verano”.

I collected most of the material as trash from the streets of Paris during my visit there. – Notably, a small post-it message to Charles Baudelaire I found beside his grave. (note: I purposefully selected this particular item because it had already been blown off the grave slab and was likely to blow farther or be picked up as trash.) It says (in French) “For Charles, The greatest poet in the world. With Gratitude” – it is signed but I can’t quite make out the first name. The last name is “St-Jean.”
Some other notable items I picked up and used include: a police notice of car impounding (in triplicate), a fake leaf, the edge of a small black frame, a lottery form, a Pringles chip seal, several flyers, our receipt for some Rainier Cherries we bought on Rue Daguerre, and some multicolored short lengths of yarn (I actually saw a girl drop these on the ground near the Eiffel Tower).

See where it was left:
Relationship XLIV (left in Paris)

See the original album cover:

The main phrases in this piece say: “Save your Kisses for the Saturdays of Summer”
“Supershopping Party prescription for ladies and animals!”
“Do not use in cribs, carriages or playpens.” (from a large plastic bag used in product packaging).

This, my 44th collage, took about 6 hours to complete and kept me up until after 6am, leaving me with about 2.5 hours of sleep for the long Sunday ahead.