A work by American artist Matt Mullican from the Kunstmuseum
Liechtenstein adorns Liechtenstein's SEPAC stamp this year. The
association of thirteen small postal operators in Europe issues stamps
on common themes every year. This year the stamps are works of art from
state collections.
The original "Untitled (Indian Banner: World)"
(face value: CHF 1.50) from 1982 is a printed cotton banner measuring
over two by two metres. It shows a stylised globe in a red frame.
The Kunstmuseum collection houses several works by the artist, who was
born in California in 1951. Life and death, living space and society as
well as perception of the world are themes that Matt Mullican uses to
reflect his experience of the world. In order to create a system of
order and explain social structures and phenomena, he has created his
own, very individual cosmology, which he translates into drawings,
pictogram collections and imaginary urban structures, and whose central
motifs run through his entire oeuvre. In doing so, colours, forms, signs
and models create his system of visual symbols.
- Issue
- 2 2020
- Year
- 2020
- Michel No.
- 1985
- Article type
- Stamp series
- Convservation
- mint
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