Vancouver, 1971: The Image Bank Postcard Show
@ David Salkin Creative
1709 W Chicago Ave, #2A, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, September 8th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, October 28th
(CHICAGO) David Salkin Creative presents:
Vancouver, 1971: The Image Bank Postcard Show
Opening 5-8pm, Friday, September 8, 2023
Image Bank (1970-1978) was a project founded by Michael Morris, Vincent Trasov (Mr. Peanut) and Gary Lee-Nova as a non-hierarchical, decentralized network and archive of artists, images, and ideas –freely exchanged through the international postal system– that operated outside the existing environment of galleries and museums. Image Bank collaborated closely with the trio General Idea (Toronto), and other like-minded networkers including Robert Filliou, Ant Farm, and Ray Johnson’s New York Correspondence School, who were optimistic in forming their own art-world ecologies. This network of user-generated content, which fostered queer, costumed, campy, and ironic personas, provided a model for the connected-but-impersonal mediascape that serves as the primary distribution medium for many artists today.
In 1971, Morris and Trasov invited artists to sent postcards for the The Image Bank Postcard Show, curated by Alvin Balkind, at the Fine Arts Gallery, Vancouver, to celebrate to 100th anniversary of the picture postcard. Joseph Beuys, George Brecht, Sol Lewitt, Lucy Lippard, Yvonne Rainer, and Ed Ruscha were among the many participants. Image Bank’s archive (renamed the Morris/Trasov Archive) is permanently housed at the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery at the University of British Columbia.
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Exhibit Opens Friday, September 8th, 5-8pm and continues though Summer. Open hours are generally Tuesday-Saturday 11am-6pm, by appointment. Email or direct message @DavidSalkin on Instagram for more information. David Salkin Creative is a custom surface and textile-design studio that hosts a diverse exhibition program, located in West Town, Chicago.
1709 West Chicago Avenue #2A
Chicago, Illinois, 60622
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