Passport
2002
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
2002
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
This print plays with an everyday object you know well: the stamp sheet. It copies the tiny holes and clean borders of official stamps. But instead of landscapes or leaders, it shows the artist’s own face again and again. Lamanova made stamps that look real but flip the idea of national ID on its head. Russia’s new rules after 1991 made identity papers a hot topic. She turned a stamp into a quiet protest. Check out more work by Lamanova, Natalia next.
