Uprka’s Postcards: The Circulation of Modernism and Folk Tradition 

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How Did Joža Uprka's Postcards Democratize Czech Art & National Identity? Discover how his reproduced folk art formed a modernist distribution network.

Mailed or not, these postcards served as a distribution network for aesthetics, a way for outwardly-oriented visual artists to inject their ideas directly into culture, engaging with the world at large.” –Kyle Chayka, Hyperallergic   Postcards allowed images to move quickly and cheaply across borders, circulating ideas well beyond galleries and private collections. For artists whose work was oriented toward … Read More