Alicia McKim • Denver, CO |
|||
 |
|||
*Roll over image for alternate view. Alicia McKim Picture postcards are the epitome of the ephemeral souvenir. These tokens serve to capture our eye and feed our insatiable appetite for nostalgia. Iconographic locations are choreographed and visually enhanced by professional photographers and published using modern means of reproduction. They also provide a cognitive aspect, offering the traveler pertinent bits of information. Lastly, they are a moment captured, that serves to authenticate a past individual experience. Greetings from California was produced using 1940’s postcards by virtue of their vibrant, almost unnatural colors and their iconographic images. The five miniature dioramas contain three separate layers that have been gently altered in Adobe Photoshop. The theme and captions were gleaned from vintage tourism brochures that embody how the tourism industry and California as a state portrayed itself in the 1940’s. The carrousel book is 5 ½ x 6 ½” (closed) and was inkjet printed using pigmented ink on neutral ph paper and bound in covered boards. Enclosed in a paper wrapper. This is a limited edition of fifty copies. 2009. To purchase this work please contact Laura at 23 Sandy Gallery. |
|||
 |
|||
© All images and text copyright the artist. All rights reserved. |
|||