Marie Varley
‘Nigeria’ £60
‘Czech Republic’ £80
“The work I have submitted is a selection from a body of work I have just
completed. It’s primary source is a stamp album dating from the 1950’s. In this
era, the postage stamp was the greatest ambassador for it’s country. With current
technological advances and the arrival of the internet and concurrently the ‘email’,
the postage stamp has lost its once powerful ability to advertise the identity of a
chosen country. In this sense I feel that my work acts as a snapshot into the historic
and sometimes propagandic importance of these artefacts.”