The world exists to be put on a postcard : artists' postcards from 1960 to now / Jeremy Cooper.

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 images a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cooper, Jeremy, 1946- (Author)
Language:English
Published: London : Thames & Hudson, 2019.
Subjects:
Postcards > History.
Postcards as art material > History.
Postcards.
Postcards as art material.
ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES / Postcards.
History.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:160 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 x 23 cm
Format: Book
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.