"Sending a postcard has become something of the parts, yet postcards are carriers of geography and identity, of place and destination. In 1980, Peter Downsbrough started using commercially available postcards as a topos or space in which to intervene with lines and words. Subsequently, they have taken their place, as they constitute a body of work that evolves parallel with his sculpture, photography, films and books. This volume, a co-production of MAC's and S.M.A.K., contains a selection of postcards sent by the artist between 1980 and now, from an inventory-in-progress. Sabine Folie's essay offers, for the first time ever, an in-depth approach to this particular aspect of Downsbrough's multi-faceted work." --publisher's statement.