The World Exists To Be Put On A Postcard

On a recent trip to London I popped over to the British Museum to see their Postcard exhibition, the wordily named 'The World Exists To Be Put On a Postcard'. The collection focuses on postcards created by artists rather than those that just reproduce an artist's work. It's an interesting idea and I enjoyed the work shown however I would like to have seen more especially considering the very long trek to find the show in the depths of the museum! The pin board installation, designed to give the impression of an artists studio, unfortunately had the opposite effect and appeared rather stuffy. That said, it's great to see the humble postcard being given some space to shine. It has certainly motivated me to send some, I've included some artist inspired postcard top picks below.

THE WORLD EXISTS TO BE PUT ON A POSTCARD | EMILY HAUCK KARIKA NOVA

above clockwise from the top left: susan hiller - the flying spray - composite of 12 found postcards of rough seas, a view of the exhibition space, snap of the main museum atrium, love these inspiring female artist postcards - including kusama - by emma block illustration, unfortunately i didn't note the artist of these scenic cards - i love how they play with the traditional postcard composition, a pack of vintage postcards available on etsy, these abstract geometric postcards by kate lancaster pick up on some of the themes in the show,  loved this set of art and language postcards from 1977 - reminded me of some of gfsmith's work.

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