Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Greenland - Contemporary Art VI

This is the first time I've seen a souvenir sheet issued in this series, although I don't follow the series that closely. It 's very different from previous contemporary art stamps issued in Greenland. But this isn't just a map. And it isn't a map of Greenland.


This is a map of Denmark, covered in glaciers and given Greenlandic place names. The idea came to the artists after seeing a map of Greenland in an in-flight airline magazine, with all the glaciers given Danish names.

2 comments:

Josepha said...

Wait can you buy that? My name is on that Island because i helped with the exhibition! :D

Jeff said...

It's still available from POST Greenland

https://www.stampsshop.gl/templates/product.aspx?ProductGuid=01106485&GroupGuid=342

And WOPA:

http://www.wopa-stamps.com/index.php?controller=country&action=stampProduct&id=4730