GILLY & MILLY, 2019
Collection - Jeremy Cooper
‘Gilly & Milly’ is a commission for the esteemed Jeremy Cooper and will form a small part of his extensive artists’ postcards collection. Cooper is a collector of historic postcard artworks by artists which include Richard Hamilton, Claes Oldenburg, Marina Abramović, Joseph Beuys and Rachel Whiteread. This year he gifted 1,000 postcards to the British Museum where they were exhibited; a wonderful book ‘The World Exists To be Put On A Postcard’ was published in conjunction with the show.
Measurement: 10.5cm x 14.5cm x 3mm
Materials: Postcard, cotton, silk threads
Process: Photography, hand stitch
Jeremy Cooper Collection: Acquired 3 December 2019