The Stamp Art and Postal History of Michael Thompson and Michael Hernandez De Luna
by:
Thompson, Michael
Luna, Michael Hernandez De
Publisher:
Bad Press Books
Published:September 1, 2001
ISBN:0967757215
Format:Paperback
Pages:152
Description:
From Library Journal
Fake postage stamps by Chicago artists Thompson and Hernandez de Luna, both of whom are under cease-and-desist orders from the U.S. Postal Service, are featured in this highly illustrated expos? of their lives, philosophy, and
work. Introductory essays by philatelists and the artists themselves explain the history of mail art and its appeal to collectors. Beautifully made and reproduced here, the Pop-inspired stamps carry politically provocative themes and in-your-face sexual
content. The artists go out of their way to cultivate controversy and bad-guy images. Their success in "fooling" the Postal Service two times out of ten is not so remarkable, given the widespread use of high-speed canceling machines. For comprehensive
contemporary art collections only. Note: If you order from the publisher, you're promised a pair of original artist stamps but be sure to double-check the outside parcel postage as well. Russell T. Clement, Northwestern Univ. Lib., Evanston, IL
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Product Description:
In this handsome and hilarious volume of knockoff postage stamps, artists Thompson and Hernandez de Luna have created a startling and unique work of art.
Since
1991, the artist-publishers of Bad Press Books' clever and colorful collection have been creating fake stamps that are not only fine art, but have also been successfully sent through the mail-much to the chagrin of the U.S. Postal Service.
In
their artistic venture, Thompson and Hernandez de Luna have turned philately on its head and, in the process, have been repeatedly warned to cease and desist by inspectors from the Post Office. But readers can enjoy the richly comic parodies and social
commentary implicit in this renegade art without the danger of suffering any consequences.
Among the wide-ranging subjects included in this collection are politics, religion, sex and disasters. In their never-ending quest for the outrageous, they
have created bogus stamps from a score of countries from Japan to South Africa, from India to Norway. Their art forms are splendid counterfeits of truly global proportions.
Their work has been shown in museums across the country and has also
received the stamp of approval from the press.
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