Live Performance By Keoki Ortiz at Going Postal's Revenge This Friday!

Our long-time friend, Keoki, just came back from a long visit to the West Coast (too long!). He's back in Chicago and is going to do a live performance during our Going Postal's Revenge show in Chi this Friday.

Like a young Sinatra!

myspace.com/keokiortiz

Going Postal's Revenge This Week!

From Nicky D.

Oh shit, the buzz surrounding this show is going nuts! Easily the world's largest sticker-art event.

Buy, sell, and trade labels.
All stickers sell for $5! All money goes straight to the artist.

Signed copies of Martha Cooper's Going Postal, which documents the lively sticker art scene in New York, will now be available for sale at our show! The book is hard to find and has already sold out at Quimby's, The Novem Store, and the MCA Store. Get Some!

Upset Presents:
GOING POSTAL'S REVENGE Sticker Sale + Art Show
All Stickers Sell for Only $5
Friday, May 29th 6-11 PM
@ Maya Essence

4357 N. Lincoln Avenue, Chicago

Signed Copies of Going Postal Book Available for Sale @ Going Postal's Revenge Show in Chicago, May 29th

Signed copies of Martha Cooper's Going Postal, which documents the lively sticker art scene in New York, will now be available for sale at our show!

The book retails for only $10 and features Overconsume, Aiko, C-Damage (formerly from Chicago), Kosbe, Goons, and many more. The book is hard to find and has already sold out at Quimby's, The Novem Store, and the MCA Store and we have it...signed by Martha! Quantities are limited, get yours at the show!

Upset Presents:
GOING POSTAL'S REVENGE Sticker Sale + Art Show
All Stickers Sell for Only $5
Friday, May 29th 6-11 PM

@ Maya Essence
4357 N. Lincoln Avenue, Chicago

More info about the book @ Mark Batty Publishers

Going Postal's Revenge Show in Chicago, Friday, May 29th!

Flyer by Theory Propaganda!

Chicago, we're going to be putting together another art show in another couple of weeks, so roll through!

UPSET PRESENTS:
Going Postal’s Revenge: Art Show + Sticker Sale
All Stickers Sell for Only $5
Friday, May 29th 6-11 PM
4357 N. Lincoln Avenue, Chicago

Upset is pleased to present GOING POSTAL’S REVENGE, a street art show and handmade sticker exchange featuring undergound and emerging artists in graffiti and street art from New York, Chicago, and Paris.

The huge handmade sticker sale will feature work from over 70 artists whose work includes intricate graffiti tags on U.S. Postal stickers to more street art-orientated labels featuring stencils, screenprinting, and mixed media. There’s something for everyone and all stickers sell for only $5. Larger artworks will also be for sale. The event takes place on Friday, May 29th from 6-11 PM at 4357 N. Lincoln Avenue.

Featured artists in the show include Aiko, Blanco, C-Damage, Cahbasm, Cosbe, Drexel, Goya, Johnny Tran, Mario Zoots, Melt, Morgan, NohJColey, Overconsume, R. Kelly, Saro, Weedwolf, Zato, 5003, and many more. Artists are encouraged to come and exchange stickers with other artists.

SIGNED Copies of Martha Cooper's Going Postal, which documents the lively sticker art scene in New York, will now be available for sale at our show! The book retails for only $10 and features Overconsume, Aiko, C-Damage (formerly from Chicago), Kosbe, Goons, and many more. The book is hard to find and has already sold out at Quimby's, The Novem Store, and the MCA Store. Get Yours!

Flyer design by Emenfuckos

Going Postal's Revenge! In two weeks we are going to have another postal sticker show in Chicago to make up for the one that got swallowed up by all the Martha Cooper Subway art craziness. Bring or send your labels to buy, sell and trade. We also now helping to collect labels for The World Record Postal Sticker Combo.

Flyer design by Frank S.

If you would like to participate or possibly show some work email us @ upsetmagazine@gmail.com.

Also, as you can see, we've been having some fun with the designs for the flyer. If you want to mess around we're getting people to design funny flyers for the GOING POSTAL'S REVENGE show on May 29th in Chicago. Just use this info for the basic design of the flyer:

Upset Magazine and Making Deals Present:

GOING POSTAL'S REVENGE: Sticker Sale and Art Show

Friday, May 29th 6-11 PM Chicago

Participate in the world's largest postal sticker combo. Buy, sell, and trade labels.

@ Maya Essence

4357 N. Lincoln

Chicago, IL

Then send it to us and we'll be posting them as they come on our Flickr! Yeah!

Martha Cooper Subway Art and Going Postal Book Signing, Sticker Exchange and Making Deals Zine Premiere in Chicago!

You can't miss this one! On Friday, May 1st Martha Cooper will be in Chicago signing copies of the new 25th Anniversary edition of Subway Art and Going Postal books! We're curating a huge handmade sticker exchange for the event. And just a few doors down at the Novem Studios Store, our own Frank Serpico will be premiering his new zine, Making Deals.

UPSET MAGAZINE & NOVEM STUDIOS PRESENTS:

Martha Cooper’s 25th Anniversary Edition of Subway Art
and Going Postal Book Signing
First Ever Chicago Handmade Sticker Exchange--All Stickers $5
and Making Deals Zine Premiere
Friday, May 1st 5-10 PM

For the first time in her thirty year career, famed street photojournalist Martha Cooper will be coming to Chicago to release the highly anticipated 25th anniversary edition of the bestselling book Subway Art. The new edition features a large-scale deluxe format, heightening the visual impact of her classic graffitti images and adding new photographs and text. Going Postal, Cooper’s new book about the burgeoning postal sticker art scene in New York will also be available. Cooper will have photographs for sale at the event, and artist and Chicago native, Thor will be creating an art installation based on Subway Art. The event will take place at Novem Life, 1114 N. Ashland in Chicago.

Martha Cooper is a Manhattan-based documentary photographer whose vintage images of graffiti and hip hop culture are widely published. Subway Art, originally published in 1984, instantly became a staple in the collections of graffiti art and hip-hop fans everywhere and is commonly referred to as, “the graffiti bible.” The project was an in-depth look at the environment captured during the 1970s and 80s by photographers Martha Cooper and Henry Chalfant.

To coincide with Cooper’s release of her other new book, Going Postal, Upset, a collective of artists from Chicago and New York, presents a handmade sticker art sale featuring work from many of the artists in Cooper’s postal sticker art book. Over 60 artists from New York and Chicago are involved in the sale. All stickers sell for only $5 and artists are encouraged to exchange stickers with other artists. Featured artists include Blanco, C-Damage, Faust, Overconsume, Stomach, and more.

The Making Deals Chicago zine premiere takes place at the Novem store, only a few doors down from the Martha Cooper event, at 1104 N. Ashland. The New York City based zine compiles images that creator Frank Serpico finds personally interesting including graffiti, drug dealing, 70s cinema and sports, and urban mayhem with a focus on New York and Chicago—the artist’s hometown. Making Deals issues 1 through 3 will be available, each printed in a limited edition of 100. Issue One features an interview with Chicago graffiti legend Sivel. For the premiere, Serpico, who is also co-founder of Upset, will have illustrations and paintings available for sale.

The Upset is a community of friends, photographers, and artists who have pooled their talents into an artist’s collective with a focus on American street culture. The Upset currently curates art events and publishes an independent magazine. For more information visit upsetmag.blogspot.com.

Novemlife.com originally launched in 2006; created by the Chicago art collective Novem Studios as a platform to collaborate with other artists and performers. The site contains featured artist interviews, photos, and footage, while maintaining a running blog updated by the Novem team itself. The Novem Life space is a storefront gallery on Ashland Ave, opening especially for this event. Located steps away from their permanent retail space, Novem plans to have doors of both spaces open for the event. For more information visit novemlife.com.