The works in the exhibition are drawn from a major donation of over 1,000 artists’ postcards collected by writer and curator Jeremy Cooper.
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The British Museum presents the first survey of postcard art to be held in a major museum in the UK.
The free exhibition entitled The World Exists to Be Put On A Postcard: artists’ postcards from 1960 to now features over 300 postcard works of art.
They are from some of the most famous artists of the past five decades including Gilbert & George, Susan Hiller, Guerrilla Girls, Tacita Dean, Yoko Ono, Bruce Nauman, Dieter Roth, Gavin Turk and Rachel Whitehead.
Many of these pieces will be on display for the first time.
For many the humble post-card is simply something to show-off your travels or keep up with family members while away.
But, curators at the British Museum are attempting to show another side to these little bits of artwork.
The works in the exhibition are drawn from a major donation of over 1,000 artists’ postcards collected by writer and curator Jeremy Cooper.
Cooper told City News that this overlooked medium should be preserved for posterity.
The collection which took six years to assemble is considered one the world’s leading collections of this art form.
Artists have been subverting postcards for decades and this artistic medium has been used to highlight political and social issues such as feminism, anti-war protests and the fight against AIDS.
While these postcards may be small artistic works, when collated like this they create a powerful political image.
From the struggles of women to campaigns against war each image is a powerful reminder of how small pieces of art can make a big social difference.
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StandfirstThe free exhibition entitled The World Exists to Be Put On A Postcard: artists’ postcards from 1960 to now features over 300 postcard works of art.
The British Museum presents the first survey of postcard art to be held in a major museum in the UK.
The free exhibition entitled The World Exists to Be Put On A Postcard: artists’ postcards from 1960 to now features over 300 postcard works of art.
They are from some of the most famous artists of the past five decades including Gilbert & George, Susan Hiller, Guerrilla Girls, Tacita Dean, Yoko Ono, Bruce Nauman, Dieter Roth, Gavin Turk and Rachel Whitehead.
Many of these pieces will be on display for the first time.
For many the humble post-card is simply something to show-off your travels or keep up with family members while away.
But, curators at the British Museum are attempting to show another side to these little bits of artwork.
The works in the exhibition are drawn from a major donation of over 1,000 artists’ postcards collected by writer and curator Jeremy Cooper.
Cooper told City News that this overlooked medium should be preserved for posterity.
The collection which took six years to assemble is considered one the world’s leading collections of this art form.
Artists have been subverting postcards for decades and this artistic medium has been used to highlight political and social issues such as feminism, anti-war protests and the fight against AIDS.
While these postcards may be small artistic works, when collated like this they create a powerful political image.
From the struggles of women to campaigns against war each image is a powerful reminder of how small pieces of art can make a big social difference.
Internationally renowned for transforming her life into confessional art, the exhibition offers an intimate and unapologetic glimpse into one of Britain’s most influential contemporary artists.
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