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| Sample of Michael Leavitt's Art Cards |
Artist trading cards (or ATCs) are miniature works of art about the same size as modern trading cards baseball cards, or 2 1/2 inches by 3 1/2 inches(64 mm × 89 mm), small enough to fit inside standard card-collector pockets, sleeves or sheets. The ATC movement developed out of the mail art movement and has its origins in Switzerland.
Cards are produced in various media, including dry media (pencils,
pens, markers, etc.), wet media (watercolor, acrylic paints, etc.),
paper media (in the form of collage, papercuts, found objects, etc.) or
even metals or fiber. The cards are usually traded or exchanged. When
sold, they are usually referred to as art card editions and originals (ACEOs).
M. Vänçi Stirnemann is credited in many circles with popularizing the modern artist trading card in 1996,
holding trading sessions in Zurich, Switzerland. This resurgence of
interest in the cards spawned the ACEO (Art Cards, Editions and
Originals) movement.
An offshoot of artist trading cards are Art Cards, Editions and Originals
(ACEOs), which originated when some artists began to create cards to
sell, in addition to trading among themselves. Many ACEOs are sold on internet auction sites, such as eBay. As the term suggests, ACEOs may be small original works of art, or editions of small prints.
Michael Leavitt's Art Cards, hand-painted small portraits of artists, replicated traditional baseball trading cards in style and format. Subjects were drawn from various genres, and included Vincent van Gogh, Bob Ross, Frida Kahlo, Jackson Pollock, and Michael Jackson. The limited editions were hand-packed in wrappers with bubble gum. Leavitt said, "It's a way I created to compare people and what they do across all kinds of different areas."
As for an earlier example, in 1991, Cleury Champion first sold his cards through the catalog of his avant-garde magazine eXpErImEnTaL (bAsEmEnT). Champion's most recognized cards were playing cards with experimental poems of John M. Bennett rubber stamped on the face. Below, Bob Rankin explains how to have fun with artist trading cards.
Michael Leavitt's Art Cards, hand-painted small portraits of artists, replicated traditional baseball trading cards in style and format. Subjects were drawn from various genres, and included Vincent van Gogh, Bob Ross, Frida Kahlo, Jackson Pollock, and Michael Jackson. The limited editions were hand-packed in wrappers with bubble gum. Leavitt said, "It's a way I created to compare people and what they do across all kinds of different areas."
As for an earlier example, in 1991, Cleury Champion first sold his cards through the catalog of his avant-garde magazine eXpErImEnTaL (bAsEmEnT). Champion's most recognized cards were playing cards with experimental poems of John M. Bennett rubber stamped on the face. Below, Bob Rankin explains how to have fun with artist trading cards.
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