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Correspondence art

 Subject

Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 170 Collections and/or Records:

Art Saves Lives, 1975

 Item — Box 609: [Barcode: 31858073143566]
Identifier: CC-34079-35759
Scope and Contents

The postcards are arranged and pasted in the style of Jiri Kolar collages. On the verso, there is a cryptic rubberstamped message, "just what is it that makes hamilton so different, so appealing." Hamilton might refer to a small town and the image on the recto is of three children in front of a large country house.The collage is addressed to ulises carrion. *WEB comments: Peter van Beveren 2001: I just wanted to inform you that the stamped text 'Just what is it that makes Hamilton so different', etc. does NOT refer to a small town, but is a paraphrase of the title given by the British Pop artist Richard Hamilton to his first collage, the beginning of the POP ART:' Just what is it that makes today's homes so different, so appealing'. I used this stamp from 1971 till 1975 in my correspondence with Richard Hamilton and now and than I stamped it on other cards, as the copy to Ulises Carrion, now in the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1975

Arte e Vida, 1980

 Item — Box Artist Boxed Materials/Oversized: D: [Barcode: 31858072491370]
Identifier: CC-15875-16208

Artistamp Statement for Anna Banana's Artistamp News, 1992

 Item — Box 327: [Barcode: 31858072490943]
Identifier: CC-23624-24071
Scope and Contents

Baroni discusses his beginnings as a stamp and correspondence artist and Arte Postale. He mentions collaborative texts for a CD and floppy dics, and a book project in 1993. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1992

Avec Son Ecriture, 1987

 Item — Box Artist Boxed Materials/Oversized: Co-Cu: [Barcode: 31858072491354]
Identifier: CC-18820-19198

Bild/Material: Zum Gebrauch / Image/Material: To be used, 1990

 Item — Box 200: [Barcode: 31858072459708]
Identifier: CC-28044-29200
Scope and Contents

The booklet documents the Mail Art Exhibition curated by Olbrich, "1...2...3 Dimensionen / 1...2...3 dimensions." The theme of this show was to do a work with/in/around cubes measuring 21 x 21 x 21 cm. The exhibition catalogue of the latter is also held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990

[bird & flowers], 1997

 Item — Box 320: [Barcode: 31858072490851]
Identifier: CC-60277-10003277
Scope and Contents

This work was included in pete spence's archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997

Box of Old Mythologies, 1998

 Item — Box 92: [Barcode: 31858072538295]
Identifier: CC-30729-32174
Scope and Contents

The piece consists of a small suitcase collaged with overlaid pages from a small format encyclopedia that has been printed on wood based acid paper as evidenced by the discolorations. The inside of the suitcase is also collaged with the same pages. Eight cardboard boxes are placed within the suitcase. Their labels related to their contents. For example, a box with the dictionary definition of camouflage contains a paper butterfly cut from a dictionary page that is pinned onto a dictionary page fitted to the bottom of the box. A box labeled lent contains ashes. A box labeled trinity contains an insulated electric wire with three smaller insulated electric wires against a black paper background. According to a letter from Collins, the other copy is in a Hungarian collection. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1998

building blocks with artist, 1980

 Item — Box Artist Boxed Materials/Oversized: D: [Barcode: 31858072491370]
Identifier: CC-60372-10003347

Building Plans & Schemes: Mail-Art Project , 1993

 Item — Folder 63: [Barcode: 31858072537974]
Identifier: CC-23735-24182
Scope and Contents

Exhibition was curated by Guy Bleus. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993

Campaign '84: Promise Them Anything, 1984

 Item — Box 617: [Barcode: 31858072461027]
Identifier: CC-16501-16854
Scope and Contents

Mail art show relating to Reagan - Mondale political campaign. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1984

Cavellini 1914-2014, 1995

 Item — Box 268: [Barcode: 31858072460599]
Identifier: CC-28828-30146
Scope and Contents

This rubber stamp provides a 7.5 cm diameter image that announces Cavellini's exhibition. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995

cement mixer with artist, 1980

 Item — Box Artist Boxed Materials/Oversized: D: [Barcode: 31858072491370]
Identifier: CC-60371-10003346

Collection OUt: Poure Henri Chopin. No.000 , 1973

 Item — Folder 77: [Barcode: 31858072538360]
Identifier: CC-35920-37684
Scope and Contents

The print depicts a line drawing of a self-portrait head. A letter to Chopin from Janco is reproduced below it in white ink on a gray background. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1973

comerlos salvador, 2010

 Item — Box 337: [Barcode: 31858072491198]
Identifier: CC-51999-73101
Scope and Contents

McMurtagh resides in San Diego, California; presumably this collaboration took place through the mail. The poems deal with political unrest in El Salvador. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2010