Briefkaart aan Anna Dorothea Dirks Possibly 1909 - 1930

Antoon Derkinderen sent this postcard to Anna Dorothea Dirks sometime around 1909. It’s made of card, of course, and features some lovely green ink. You know, it's funny how something as simple as a postcard can feel so loaded with meaning, even if you don't know the people involved. I really like how Derkinderen uses the existing elements of the postcard – the lines, the stamps, the pre-printed text. He’s working with it and against it at the same time, adding his own layer of communication. It feels really immediate, like he just grabbed whatever was at hand and went for it. The stamps and seals give you a sense of the physical journey of the card, its movement through space and time, but what was the message? The connection between people is still so present, even now. I think about Arte Povera and maybe some of the Fluxus artists who were working around similar ideas, using everyday materials and actions to make art. The conversation keeps going, doesn’t it? It’s all connected.