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Stamp Artists Exhibit Interpret Sin for 21st Century
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Stamp Artists Exhibit Interpret Sin for 21st Century

March 25, 2005

Stamp Artists Exhibit Interpret Sin for 21st Century

NOTE: Michael Hernandez de Luna is available for interviews.
Images are available electronically.


Stamp Artists Interpret Sin For The 21ST Century
in Exhibition at Columbia College Chicago

More Than 100 Artworks, Including a Work by the Late Ed Paschke, Target Cultural Injustice and Political Iniquity

WHAT: Axis of Evil: The Secret History of Sin

Axis of Evil is an international exhibition featuring 47 stamp artists from eleven countries, thematically peeking into the depths of sin in search of the evils in our world and culture.

Curated by Chicago-based artist Michael Hernandez de Luna, the exhibition includes work by artists from Russia, Mexico, England, Japan, Italy, Switzerland, France, Canada, the former Yugoslavia, Uruguay and the U.S.A.

"The results are a provocative visual labyrinth in social commentary, reflecting a historical parallel to protest art of the 60s and 70s," says Hernandez. "Every piece has one aim, to define evil through the print making form of the postage stamp sheet. We can truly say that this exhibition is a carnival of images and adjectives that can be described by the alphabet's A's through Z's."

This exhibition originated with the book Axis of Evil: Perforated Praeter Naturam, published by Qualiatica Press in 2004.


WHEN: Exhibition: April 6 - May 11, 2005
Reception and gallery talk by the curator: Thursday, April 7, 5-8pm

WHERE: Glass Curtain Gallery, 1104 S. Wabash, 1st floor

[Gallery hours: Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.;
Monday & Thursday 10 a.m. - 7 p.m.]

HOW MUCH: Free and open to the public

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INFO:
312-344-6643 or gweiss@colum.edu

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