Sentences with phrase «reproductions of postage stamps»

In the mid-60s, Brehmer began making enlarged reproductions of postage stamps, franked and perforated around the edges, which impose an abstract language onto the figurative images borne by the stamps, while at the same time reinforcing their identity as stamps.

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Large - scale paintings of U.S.A. FOREVER stamps are in fact reproductions from the USPS website, featuring a strikethrough over the text intended to prevent counterfeiting; the works highlight the chauvinistic message espoused by something so banal as our postage.