James Cauty biography in Biographies from the artzine on artrepublic.comJames Cauty founded CNPD (Cautese Nationál Postal Disservice) in October 2005 and since then he has been working to bring the world the finest in iconic, iconoclastic and topical stamp art. This stamp art takes the form of real stamps, first day covers and limited edition prints. Through a series of cunning marketing ploys including small and inexpensive editions, and the untimely deletion of popular images (The Great Stamp Culls), a highly collectable art form has been established. James Cauty was founder member of wild pop groups The Orb, The JAMMS, The KLF and art do-gooders The K-Foundation. In 2003 he founded the Blacksmoke Organisation, an eco-friendly post-terrorist peacenik art collective. Here he produced the limited edition ‘Black Smoke, Stamps of Mass Destruction’ print series which were the focus of huge media attention (featuring on the front page of the Times). These prints were eventually withdrawn after the Royal Mail threatened him with legal action, tand have now become highly collectable as a result. He resigned his post at the Blacksmoke Organisation in 2005 to spend more time with his stamp collection.  |
