The world exists to be put on a postcard artists' postcards from 1960 to now /
Postcards are often bought quickly and disposed of without much thought. Artists' postcards, however, from the 1960s onwards, are a significant part of the history of contemporary art. The ready familiarity of a tourist postcard means it has rich potential to be subverted, with recognizable ima...
| Main Author: | Cooper, Jeremy, 1946- |
|---|---|
| Other Authors: | British Museum, |
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
London :
Thames & Hudson/The British Museum,
2019.
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| Physical Description: |
160 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 x 23 cm. |
| Subjects: |
Table of Contents:
- Foreword
- Introduction
- Artists' work with postcards: definition and significance
- 1. 1960s and 1970s
- 2. Graphic postcards
- 3. Postcard invitations
- 4. Political postcards
- 5. Altered postcards
- 6. Portrait postcards
- 7. Sets of postcards
- 8. Composite postcards
- 9. Recent postcards
- Notes
- Further reading and acknowledgments
- List of illustration references
- Picture credits
- Index.