Briefkaart aan Philip Zilcken Possibly 1929

This postcard was made by Adriaan Pit, probably around 1928. It is a small piece of card that has been marked with ink, stamps and handwriting. It is a pale ground, like canvas before you paint it. I wonder who Philip Zilcken was to Adriaan Pit, and what they shared? What would it be like to send a postcard today? Maybe Pit was excited to share something with Zilcken, or maybe he was just saying hello. The marks feel casual. The stamp marks the paper and the image with the postal service which ties it to its time, but for me it also ties it to the history of image-making: the surface is not just a surface, but also a site of exchange. A site of possibility. Like a painting! Artists today keep up this conversation, always finding new things to say.