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By buying an ordinary, scenic postcard wherever he found
himself each day for a year, making a drawing on it, or
changing it in some way, and dating it, Pearson made work
which altered the everyday and impinged upon the already
present.
The finished piece is a collection of small, highly visual
pieces (although each card is seen as a 'detail') in disparate
styles, materials and techniques, with different degrees
of finish, dependent upon the time and conditions under
which the daily 'interventions' were made.
Exhibiting Wish You Were Here (365 days), at the Central
Space Gallery, London in 1998, the postcards were displayed
on a specially made continuous 'mantelpiece' snaking its
way around the gallery.
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