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Canada

Klassen, Lois. You & Me,: Collaborations in Mail Art. Art Gallery of Southerwestern Manitoba,Brandon, Canada. February 29-April 27, 1996. (28 pages). Photocopy and rubber stamp. 5 1/2"x4 1/4". Introduction. "From the Gallery Guest Book." Participant list. Artistamps included. Two postcards included. Well organized exhibition featuring a number of exhibition ephemera, including artistamps, stickers (on envelope), rubber stamp and postcards.

La Toan-Vinh. Exposition Internationale D'Art Postal Autoportraits 1996. Galerie Observatoire, Montréal, Canada. November 30-December 14, 1996. (20 pages), Photocopy. 8 1/2"x5 1/2". Press release. Reproductions. Participant list.  

Chile

Faculty of Art. In Memoriam Guillermo Deisler. Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile. October 2-31, 1996. 8 pages. Photocopy. 8 1/2"x6 1/2". Participant list.

Cuba

Biote, Alberto Alonso. Exposición Internacional de Mail Art. Gaaleria 23 Y 12, Habana, Buba. December 19, 1995-January 9, 1996. 20 pages. Offset. 8"x5 3/4". Essays by Pedro Juan Gutiérrez, "La Democracia Absoluta," the curator, "Así Ocurrió," Clemente Padin, "El Network en Latinoamerica," and Edgardo-Antonio Vigo, "Mi Manera de 'Armar' a Damaso Ogaz." Reproductions, including exhibition installation. Participant list. Printed in Barcelona, Spain, by Merz Mail (Pere Sousa).

Denmark

Jensen, K. Frank. Female Archetypes in the Fairy Tales. Spilkammeret, Roskilde, Denmark. 1996. (16 pages). Photocopy, including color. 11 3/4"x8 1/4". Introduction. Reproductions. Participant list.

Vilsboll, Anne. Mail Art-Future Communication/Paper Road. Post Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark. August 5-31, 1996. (22 pages). Offset in color. 8 1/4"x8 1/4". Introduction by Aksel Lessmann, Head of Communications, "Mail Art-Future Communications." Running text by the curator. Reproductions in color. Participant list. Exhibition organized by the National Post of Denmark. The catalog features some of the best photography of Mail Art seen in any catalog. 

England

Aitchison, Martha. First International Shopping Trolley Art Show. The Glades, Kent, England. December 21, 1996. (4 pages). Photocopy. 5 3/4"x4 1/4". Reproduction of exhibition installation. Participant list.

CLAy, Di. Lament: A Mail Art Project Culminating in Travelling Art Works and Documentation and Ongoing Interactions Through Experiencing the Installation Directly or Communicating on the World Wide Web. Mill Gallery, Carlisle, England. September 1996. 12 pages. Photocopy. 8 1/2"x5 3/4". Introduction. Reproductions, including the exhibition installation. Participants list.

Bates, Keith; and Ryan, Leanda. Cuttings for the Studio Floor. Manchester, England. 1996. Photocopy. 8 1/4"x6". Reproductions of installation. Participant list.

Dellafiora, David. Break the Silence! A Mailart Sanbenito for Marcel Broodthaers. Speaker's Corner, Hyde Park, London, England. January 14, 1996. (12 pages). Photocopy and mixed media, including embroidered cloth. 5 3/4"x4 1/4'. Introduction by the curator. Reproductions, including those of the performance. Participant list.

France

Pele-Mail. Mail-Art. La Poste de Joigny, Joigny, France. September 25-November 30, 1996. Poster. Color Offset. 16"x11 3/4". Reproduction of exhibition installation. Participant list on verso.

Germany

Braumüller, Hans. A Tribute to Guillermo Deisler. Hamburg, Germany. 1996. Unopened portfolio. Mixed media with stickers, rubber stamps, ink and twine. 10"x7 1/4". Editon 84/100. Catalog as bookwork. Unopened to perserve the wraped twine on the portfolio.

(Groh, Klaus). Sculptures in Matchboxes. Five Towers Mico Hall Center, Augustfehn, Germany. (1996). (8 pages), Photocopy. 4"x3". Participant list.

Heindesign. I Stamp My Art into the Museum. Karl Ernst Osthaus Museum, Hagen, Germany. August 31-September 1, 1996. (4 pages). Photocopy. 11 3/4"x8 1/4". Introduction. Reproduction of exhibition installation. Participant list. 

Pütz, Claudia. Teilnehmerlnnen. Pips-Dada-Corporation, Bonn, Germany. January 31, 1996. (8 pages). 11 3/4"x8 1/4". Introduction by the curator. Reproductions. Participant list.

Röder, Kornelia. Osteuropa im Internationalen Netzwerk (Mail Art: Eastern Europe in International Network). Staatliches Museum Schwerin, Schwerin, Germany. July 21-August 15, 1996. Kunsthalle Budapest, Budapest, Hungary. 1998. 318 pages. Offset. 11"x8 1/4". Foreward by Kornelia von Verswordt-Wallrabe and László Beke. Essays by Guy Schraenen, "Addressee Unknown," Kornelia Röder, "Art Today is the History of Tomorrow," Géza Perneczky, "Long Live the Culture Bungler!," Jiri Valoch, "Incomplete Remarks Regarding Czechoslovakian Mail Art," Rea Nikonova, "Mail Art in the U. S. S. R.," Constantin Flondor, "A Letter About Mail Art," Piotr Rypson, "Mail Art in Poland," Bálint Szombathy, "Mail Art in Yugoslavia," Klaus Werner, "Arte via Area," Euigen Blume, "Robert Rehfeldt: Art Worker and Mail Artist," Karla Sache, "Guillermo Deisler." Discussion with Gerd Börner, Jürgen Gottschalk, Joseph W. Huber, Birger Jesch, Kornelia Röder, Friedrich Winnes, Lutz Wohlrag, Ruth Wolf-Rehfeldt. Artist statements by Albrecht/d, Dmitry Babenko, Vittore Baroni, Guy Bleus, Adriano Bonari. Robert (sic) Crozier,  Daniel Daligand, Marcello Diotallevi, Uwe Dressler, Leonhard Frank Duch, Andrzej Duidek-Dürer, M.-N. Florian, Michael Fox, Nicola Frangione, H. R. Fricker, György Galántai, Jürgen Gottschalk, Klaus Groh, John Held, Jr., Hans Heb, Joseph Huber, Steffen Jacob, Ruud Janssen, Hans Oiseau Kalkmann, Laszló Kerekes, J. H. Kocman, Julius Koller, Peter Küstermann, Jean Noel Laszlo, Michael Lumb, Ana Lupas, Ruggero Maggi, Oskar Manigk, Willi R. Melnikow, Henning Mittendorf, Keiichi Nakamura, Guttorm Nordř, Aloys Ohlmann, Clemente Padin, Pawel Petasz, Carlo Pittore, Robert Rehfeldt, Günther Ruch, Friedhelm Schulz, Thomas J. Schulz, Jürgen Schweinebraden, Serge Segay, Marcel Stüssi, Mirolijub Todorovic, Endre Tót, Chuck Welch, Lutz Wohlrab. Reproductions. Chronology and History. Archives, Museums. Collections. Glossary. Bibliography. A detailed history of Mail Art in Eastern Europe.       

Greece

Martinou, Sophia. Mail Art: Scenarios for Possible Futures. Paper Theatre Archives, Athens, Greece. 1996-1997. 119 pages. Photocopy. 11 3/4"x8 1/4". Foreword by the curator. Statements and essays by 95 Mail Artists, including Ayah Okwabi (Ghana), Michael Lumb (Englnd), Vittore Baroni (Italy), Albrecht/d (Germany), Willi Majnikov-Stargvist (Russia), Henning Mittendorf (Germany), Robin Crozier (England), Edgardo Antonio Vigo (Argentina), Ben Allen (Ireland), Dmitry Bulatov (Russia), Ruggero Maggi (Italy), Bill Gaglione (USA), et al. Participant list. An important investigation of the medium at the end of the century by many of Mail Arts' most active participants.

Hong Kong

Keobke, Ken. Frankenstein. City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong. April 1996. Postcard. Photocopy, 4"x5 3/4". Postcard announcing documentation of the Mail Art show on HTTP:WWW.CITYU.EDU.HK/LSRESEARCH/FRANKENSTEIN/

Italy

Baccelli, Vittorio. Mail Art & Sport. Piscina Communale, Capannori, Italy. May 18, 1996. Biblioteca comunale, Capannori, Italy. May 20-26, (1996). (24 pages). Photocopy. 11 3/4"x8 1/4". Essay by the curator. Reproductions.  Participant list. 

Boschi, Anna; and Garavini, Lia. Mailart Prehistory: Mostra Internazionale di Mail Art. Unione Internazionale delle Scienze Preistoriche e Protostoriche, Forlí. Italy. June 1996. 191 pages. Offset. 8 1/4"x8 1/4". Introduction by Giovanni Tassani. Essay by Silvia Arfelli. Reproductions, many in color. Participant list. Index of artists. Notable for the excellent photographic reproductions in color. 

"Don Lorenzo Milani." Mostra Internazionale di Arte Postale. Biblioteca Comunale, Pontirolo Nuovo, Italy. (1996). (14 pages). Photocopy. 8 1/4"x11 3/4". Introduction. Reproductions. Participant list. 150 contributors from 29 counties.

Fortini, Attilio. History Now. Brescia, Italy. 1996. (4 pages). Photocopy. 11 3/4"x8 1/4". Reproductions of exhibiton installation. Participant list.

Gruppo Postarte di Maria Zamboni Roma; Studio d'Arte Andromeda Trento. 7a Mostra Internazionale di Are Postale Citta di Pergola. Associazione Culturale "La Cittá Nuova" Pergoia, Pergola, Italy. May 18-26, 1996. Reproductions.

Medda, Italo; and Pittaluga, Assunta. Giochi D'Artista: International Mail Art Project. Danzamusicateatro, Cagliari, Italy. December 14-22, 1996. (12 pages). Photocopy. 11 3/4"x8 1/4". Introduction by Assunta Pittaluga. Essays by Emanuele Scotto, "Giocare...," Tony Casula, "Bridge e Dintorni," Anna Boschi, "Ingredienti: Fantasia, Gioco e Creativitá." Reproductions. Participant list. 

Rota, Doriano. Posta Strega: Mostra Internazionale di Arte Postale. Pontirolo Nuovo, Italy. 1996. (2 pages). Photocopy. 11 3/4"x8 1/4". Introduction. Reproductions. Participant list. 

Satefano, Sbietti. Erotica. Motormadness, Arezzo, Italy. 1996. (8 pages). Computer print. 8 1/4"x5 3/4". Reproductions. Participant list.

Japan

Watanabe, Tetsu. Birds on Earth. Yamanashi, Japan. 1996. (6 pages). Photocopy. 11 3/4"x8 1/4". Reproductions. Participant list. 

Yamamoto, Reika. Thread Networking. (AU, Nishinomiya, Japan). October 1996. (4 pages). 11 3/4"x8 1/4". Reproductions. Participant list. 

Yoshitome, Yayoi. Art of Shoes: Mailart Networking Documentation. AU, Nishinomiya, Japan. December 1996. (2 pages). Offset. 17"x11 3/4". Reproductions. Participant list.

Mexico

Blaszczyk, Adriana; and Padilla Saldivar, Gerardo. Arte Postal: Zacatecas 450. Centro De Enseńanza y Experimentación Textil, Zacatecas, Mexicio. 1996. 28 pages. Offset. 5 1/2"x5 1/2". Essay by Abelardo Mena. Reproductions. Participant list.

Netherlands

Bibbe, Anne-Miek. Artists Self Portraits: International Mail Art Project. Ijsseldijk, The Netherlands. (1996). (24 pages). Photocopy. 8 1/4"x5 1/4". Reproductions. Participant list.

Mulders, Marlies. The Hair of the Network. Mail-Art Archive, Terwispel, Holland. 1996. (6 pages). Photocopy and mixed media, including hair. Photograph of exihibition installation. Participant list.

Spain

Navarro, Luis. Muestra Internacional de Arte por Fotocopia. La Asociacón, Madrid, Spain. May 15-June 20, 1996. (60 pages). Photocopy. 8 1/4"x5 3/4". Introduction by Mikuerpo. Essays by Maite Barrera Villarias, "Copy Art," Dirk Schwarze, "La Disipación Gradual de la Realidad," the curator, "La Obra de Arte en la Epoca de su Reproductibiidad Electrónica." Reproductions. Participant list.

Nubla, Victor. Is Happiness Stupid? NUARA, Barcelona, Spain. August 31-December 31, 1996. (32 pages). Photocopy. 8 11/4"x5 3/4". Essay by the curator, "Prólogo a la Recopilación de Arte Postal Convocada Bajo el Tema Genérico de 'es la Felicidad Estúpida' y Otra Variable." Reproductions. Participant list.  

Switzerland

Efmnadji, Mail Art/Art Postal: Myanmar as Seen from Abroad at the Eve of "Visit Myanmar Year." Arin Og Telem Niss, Lausanne, Switzerland. 1996. (60 pages). Preface. Introduction. Reproductions. Participant list.

Trott, Lother. The Colour of Poostkunst Exhibition. Papeterie Stuwiz, Zürich, Switzerland. (1996). Introduction. Participant list.       

United States

Aibel-Weiss, Wendy. Graceful Envelope: An Exhibition of Calligraphic Art. National Postal Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washinton, D. C. (1996). (6 pages). Offset. 8 1/2"x3 3/4". Introduction. Participant list. 

Arto Posto (Dorothy Harris). 918,263. Womens Resource and Adult Re-Entry Center, California State University, San Bernardino. January 1996. California-Nevada District Exchange Clubs, Shell Beach,California. February 1996. Galley 4, Fargo, North Dakota. March 1996. (12 pages). Photocopy. 4 1/4"x5 1/2". Introduction by the curator. Reproductions. Participant list.

Arto Posto (Dorothy Harris). 918,263/Abuse. Womens Resource and Adult Re-Entry Center, California State University, San Bernardino. January 1996. California-Nevada District Exchange Clubs, Shell Beach,California. February 1996. Galley 4, Fargo, North Dakota. March 1996. (4 pages). Photocopy. 8 1/2"x5 1/2". Introduction by the curator. Participant list. Complete listing of participants answering the call for work as of May 14, 1996.

Bagato, Jeff. Space is the Place: Science and Technology: An International Mail Art Show. Bell Atlantic Gallery, Northern Virginia Community College, Annandale, Virginia. December 4, 1995-January 31, 1996. (12 pages). Essay by the curator, "Everything You Wanted to Know About Mail Art (But Were Afraid to Ask)." Reproductions, including exhibition installation. Newspaper review. Participant list.

Bloch, Mark. The One World Postal Art Show. The Synagogue Space for Visual and Performaing Arts, New York, New York. June 6-July 6, 1996. Postcard. Offset. 4"x6". Exhibiton announcement.

College of Art. Global Fax/Mail Art Exhibit. Lower Gallery, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, Tennessee. February 15-March 8, 1996. Monserrat College of Art, Beverly, Massachusetts. April 1996. New York Studio Program, New York, New York. September 1996. (2 pages). Photocopy. Reproductions. Participant list.

Fake Picabia Bros. (Picasso Gaglione and John Held, Jr.). Fake Picabia Bros: 50 Favorite Mail Art Catalogs. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco,California. February 15-April 2, 1996. (34 pages). Photocopy. 11"x8 1/2". Essays by John Held, Jr., "Mail Art Catalogs: Documenting the Underground," and "Curating a Mail Art Show." Bibliography of "Fifty Favorite Mail Art Catalogs." 

Held, Jr., John. Faux Post: Artists' Postage Stamps from the International Mail Art Network. Holter Museum of Art, Helena, Montana. May 10-June 23, 1996. (4 pages). 8"x7 1/2". Introduction. Reproduction. Museum brochure announcing the exhibition and concurrent workshops.

Karen from Atlanta. September Memories. Aurora Coffee, Atlanta, Georgia. June 15-September 29. Unpaged portfolio. Photocopy and mixed media. 5 3/4"x4". Introduction. Newspaper review. Participant list. Catalog as bookart.

Landrum, Dan. This is Dada, Mama? San Diego, California. (1996). (8 pages). Photocopy and original photograph. 8 1/2"x5 1/2". Artist statements. Reproductions. Particpant list.

Leonardo duh Fitchi. The Mona Lisa Mail Art Project. Smallville Funny Farm, Sacramento, California. Tabloid Trash, West Springfield, Massachusetts. 1996. (68 pages). HP Deskjet 540, color and black and white. 8 1/2"x5 1/2". Introduction. Artistamp sheet. Separate participant list. This catalog marks a major shift in the production of Mail Art exhibiton catalogs. It was the first catlatog I received that was produced on the computer in color. Contributions also posted on web site. 

Morgan, Don. Coffee.art. The Tate Street Coffee House, Greensboro, North Carolina. February-March, 1996. (4 pages). Photocopy. 11"x8 1/2". Introduction by the curator. Reproductions. participant list.

Norris, Wendy; Fox, Liza; Funes, Evelyn; Bailen, Tim; and Larrramendy, Nathan. Do Not Bend: An Exhibition of Mail Art and Zines. Student Center Art Gallery, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California. September 11-October 9, 1996. (8 pages). Photocopy. 11"x8 1/2". Letter to contributors. Press release. Participant list.

Republic of Pilkingshear. Artist's Murphy Beds: A Look at Clandestine Studio Living. Republic of Pilkingshear National Gallery of Art, Minneapolis, Minnesota. June 1996. (16 pages). Photocopy. 8 1/2"x5 1/2". Reproductions. Participant list.

Yugoslavia

Novakovi, Gordana; Savic, Miroslav Misa; and Milkovic, Zoran. Under the Shirt of a Happy Man. Museum of Modern Art, Beograd, Yugoslavia. October 17-28, 1996. 14 pages. Photocopy. 8"x5 1/2". Essay by the curators. Reproductions of exhibiton installation.

1997

Australia

Degney, Neil. Postcards from the Edge. SOApBOx Gallery, Wooloongabba, Australia. (Winter 1997). (16 pages). Color photocopy. 8 1/4"x5 3/4". Introduction by the curator. Reproductions, including color. Participant list. Included in the Mail Art publication, From the Archive, No. 5. 

Belgium

Bleus, Guy. RE: The E-Mail-Art & Internet-Art Manifesto. Administration Centre, Wellen, Belgium. December 1997. 36 pages. Offset. 8 1/4"x5 3/4". Introduction by the curator. Essay by the curator, "Re: The E-Mail-Art & Internet-Art Manifesto." Manifestoes and statements by contributors. Contributions sent by e-mail. Printed in E-Pele Mele, Vol 3, No. 1, December 1997.

Bleus, Guy. Shozo Shimamoto's Gutai & A.U. E-Mail-Art Archives, Het Provinciaal Centrum voor Beeldende Kunsten, Begijnhof, Belgium. March 3-28, 1997. 7 pages. Offset. Reproduction on cover. Introduction by the curator. Notice of the exhibition in the newsletter of the Cultural Center. Other exhibitons noted include, Chuck Welch, April 3-30. 1997; Geza Perneczky, May 5-30, 1997; and John Held Jr., June 3-30, 1997. 

Bleus, Guy. Shozo Shimamoto's Gutai & A.U. March 3-28, 1997. Chuck Welch. April 3-30, 1997. Geza Perneczky. May 5-30, 1997. John Held Jr. June 3-30, 1997. E-Mail-Art Archives, Het Provinciaal Centrum voor Beeldende Kunsten, Begijnhof, Belgium. (one page). Photocopy. 11 3/4"x5 1/4". Description of the four exhibitions.

Bleus, Guy. Working in a Coal-Mine: Mail-Art Networkers are Miners: Fax -& Internet-Art. Our House, Genk, Belgium. September 27, 1997. 62 pages. Photocopy. 11 3/4"x8 1/4". Essay by the curator, "Telecopying in the Coal-Mine." Reproductions, including exhibition installation. Participant list.

Feroinanbe, D. & G (La Maison du Grand Nord). Mail Art a Lille III: Tremblés D'Instants. L'Université de Lille, Lompret, Belgium. October 24-31, 1997. (12 pages). Photocopy. 8 1/4"x5 3/4". Reproductions. Participant list.

Stroobants, Bart. Faydherbe Anders Bekeken. Stedelijk Museum Hof Van Busleyden, Mechelen, Belgium. September 13-November 16, 1997. (12 pages). 7 3/4"x7 3/4". Introduction by Luc Fierens and Annina Van Sebroeck, "Mail-Artproject 'Faydherbe Anders Bekeken 1997'." Reproductions. Participant list.

Brazil

Duarte, Alcides; Leite, Carlos Hermano; Huss, Cláudio Barone; da Matta, Clovis Rodriques; Righetto, Lenine; and dos Santos, Luciano Moreira.  Bienal Internacional de Arte Postal do Calégio. Colégio Universitas, Santos, Brazil. October 13-November 10, 1997. (28 pages). Offset. 7 3/4"x6 1/4". Essay, "Arte Postal." Reproductions of exhibition installation. Participant list. Participants from 41 countries.

Canada

Klassen, Lois. School Project. Hamiota Elementary School, Hamiota, Canada. 1997. Postcard. Color photocopy. 5 1/2"x581/2". Participant list on verso.

Denmark

Jensen. K. Frank. Mail Artist's Trunk. Spilkammeret, Roskilde, Denmark. 1997. (12 pages). Color photocopy. 8 1/4"x5 3/4". Introduction. Reproductions. Participant list.  

England

Jargon, Jilly. The Meaning of San Francisco. Nottingham, England. 1997. (52 pages). Photocopy. 8 1/4"x6". Reproductions. Particpant list.

Tant, Julia; and Spilman, Joanna. What Does the Word Cooltan Mean to You? Cooltan Arts, London, England. March 1997. (16 pages). Photocopy. 5 3/4"x4 1/4". Essay, "Correspondence Art," reprinted from the Dictionary of Art. Reproductions. Newspaper reviews. Participant list.  

France

Art Brutal; Albatroz; Gidouille le Manege du Cochon Seul. I Mail Art Connection: Laude Toi-Meme. Chez Ramona, Paris, France. October 1997. (4 pages). Offset. 11"x8". Introduction by André Laude. Reproductions. Participant list.

European Space Agency. Your Signature into Space. Huygens Space Probe, Earth to Titan (Saturn). Launched October 15, 1997. CD-ROM. Introduction. 80,000 messages collected by the European Space Agency between December 1996 and February 1997.

Les Z'Arts Mail. Mail Art Exhibiton Artistamp. Collége Joliot-Currie, Tonnay-Charente, France. May 1997. (5 pages). Photocopy. 11 3/4"x8 1/4". Reproductions. Participant list.

Hamard, Marie. The Countryside/With Hand and Blue Skylight Looking onto Moon.  Bibliotheque, Latouille-Lentillac, France. August 1997. (6 pages). Photocopy, 8 1/4"x5 3/4". Participant list.

Solowy, Marie. Expo D'Art Postal sur la Theme "S'il Vous Plait...Dessine-Hoi ta Maison." Institut Supériur des Sciences Appliquées, Rennes, France. January 1997. (4 pages). Photocopy. 11 3/4"x8 1/4". Introduction. Reproductions of exhibiton installation. Newspaper review. Exhibition also available for viewing on the World Wide Web.

Germany

Braumüller; and Merlin. ElbArt 97: Mail Art Show Reeperbahn. Alter Elbtunnel, Hamburg, Germany. 1997. 34 pages. Offset. 7 11/2"x7 3/4". Contains the essay by the curators, "Mail-ElbArt Reeperbahn 1997." Separate participant list. Two sheets of artistamps. 127 artists from 25 countries.

Braumüller; and Merlin. ElbArt 97: Mail Art Show Reeperbahn. Alter Elbtunnel, Hamburg, Germany. 1997. CD-ROM. 

Fox, Michael. Augenkitzel. Hildesheim, Germany. 1997. (20 pages). Photocopy. 8 1/4"x5 3/4". Reproductions. Participant list.

Lipinsky, Georg. Dada Lives. Edgar, Hamburg, Germany. 1997. Poster. Color Offset. 17"x11 1/2". Participant list on verso. 264 artists from 34 countries.

Lipinsky, Georg. Dada Lives. Edgar, Hamburg, Germany. 1997. 24 color postcards. Offset. 5 3/4"x4 1/4". Exhibiton organized by postcard publisher. Selected contributors reproduced in postcard format. 

Seifert, Jörg. Mail-Art Puzzle-Projekt. Annaberg-Buchholz, Germany. December 1996-December 1997. (30 pages). Photocopy. 8 1/4"x3 1/2". Reproductions. Participant list.

Hungary

Vörös, András; Magyar Post; and The Association of Fine and Applied Arts, "Kapos Art." The Middle-East-European Postcard 3: International Mail-Art Exhibition. Vaszary Gallery, Kaposvár, Hungary. November 6-30, 1997. (82 pages). Offset. 5 3/4"x4 1/4". Essay by Henning Mittendorf, "My Dream of Peace and Love." Reproductions. Participant list. Offset postcard announcing the exhibition included.

Italy

Associazione Culturale "La Cittá Nuova" Pergola. 8a Mostra Internazionale di Arte Postale Citta' di Pergola. La Palestra Caprini-Minucci, Pergola, Italy. May 1997. 12 pages. Reproductions. Particpant list.

Altor. Possession in Mail Art. Torino, Italy. (1997). 26 pages. Photocopy. 5 3/4"x4". Introduction by the curator, "Extraduzione dal Possesso Nell'Arte Postale." Artist statements by Ruggero Maggi, David Dellafiora, Anna Boschi, Geoffrey Cook, Vittorio Baccelli, Anne-Miek Bibbe, Geer De Decker, Jürgen Olbrich, et al. Participant list.

Medda, Italo. Ammentos. Ex-Fienile, Comune Di Castal San Pietro Terme, Italy. July 19-27, 1997. Introduction by Arrigo Grazia. Essay by Masssimo Aantonio Sanna, "Ammentos." Artistamps.

Pollacci, Bruno. Art's Myths. Accademia D'Arte di Pisa, Pisa,Italy. April 14-25, 1997. (6 pages). Photocopy. 8 1/4"x4". Reproductions. Participant list.

Luxembourg

Francis Fan Mail. Packaging Art 1998. Du Vague á L'Art, Externach, Luxembourg. May-October 1998. 20 pages. Offset with cardboard cover. 8 1/4"x5 1/4". Reproductions, including exhibition installation. Participant list. 147 participants from 31 countries.

Netherlands

Bleus, Guy; Devens, Dre. Eutopia: Mail-Art from the West. The Province of Limburg, The Netherlands. 1997. CD-ROM with 12 page booklet. Offset. 4 3/4x4 3/4". Introduction by the curators. Digital reproductions. Participant list.

Bleus, Guy; Devens, Dre. Eutopia: Mail-Art from the West. The Province of Limburg, The Netherlands. 1997. Poster. Offset. 16 1/2"x23 1/4". Participant list.

Romania

Barna, Rodica Adriana. Libertatea de Miscare: Expozitie Internationala Mail Art. Muzeul Judetean Bistrita, Bistrita, Romania. December 1997. Poster. Color offset. 36 1/2"x25 1/2". Reproductions. Participants.

Santa Domingo

Rubio, Carlos Daniel. Primer Encuentro Internacional de Poesia Visual Experimental. Casa de Teatro, Centro Cultural, Santo Domingo, Republica Dominicana. February 1997. Poster. Offset. 22"x17". Introduction by José Rafael Lantigua. Essay by the curator. Participant list.

Spain

Asociación Cultural 1900. Encuentro Internacional Editores Independientes. May 1-3, 1997. Casa de Cultura "Juan Ramón Jiménez," Huelva, Spain. (6 pages). Offset. 7"x7". Program. Festival for the alternative press, including the participation of Spanish Mail Artists Merz Mail (Pere Sousa) and Ibirico. Exhibition of photocopy art.

Reglero, Cesar. Taller de Poesia Viual/Mail Art y Objetos Imposibles. Escuela Taller de Arte de la Diputaion de Tarragona, Tarragona, Spain. February 1997. (20 pages). Offset. 11 3/4"x8 1/4". Reproductions. Participant list.

Switzerland

Trott, Lothar. The Dada Trott Project. INK.art & text, Zürich, Switzerland. January 14-February 14, (1997). (2 pages). Photocopy. 16 1/2"x11 3/4". Introduction. Participant list.  


United States

Bagato, Jeff. Recycling as a Way of Art: An Internationa Mail Art Show. Bell Atlantic Gallery, Northern Virginia Community College, Annandale, Virginia. July 1-12, 1997. Galaxy Hut, Arlington, Virginia. August 2-October 4, 1997. (12 pages). Esssay by the curator, "Mail Art Matters." Reproduction of exhibition installation. Newspaper reviews. Participant list.

Dammann, Marilyn. Shadows. Baraga, Michigan. 1997. (40 pages).  Photocopy. 11"x8 1/2". Reproductions. Participant list. Edition 100/130.

Landrum, Dan. "A Thread of a Thread of a Web of a Web": Who's Who to a Few Mail Artists. San Diego, California. (24 pages). Photocopy. 8 1/2"x5 1/2". Artist staements. Mail Artists list Mail Artists they've met and/or admire.

Milman, Estera. Artifacts of the Eternal Network. Museum of Art, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa. September 6-November 23, 1997. (6 pages). Offset. 12"x8 1/2". Foreword by the curator. Essay by Stephen Perkins, "Artifacts of the Eternal Network." Reproductions.

Pickrell-Takata, Linda. International "Mail To the King" Mail Art Show. Core: New Art Space, Denver, Colorado. (16 pages). Photocopy. 8 1/2"x5 1/2". Rproductions. Newspaper reviews. Participant list. 

Saper,Craig. Networking Artists & Poets: Assemblings from the Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete & Visual Poetry. Rosenwald Gallery, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library, Universty of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. April 17-27, 1997. 30 pages. Offset. 10"x8". Preface by Michael Ryan, Director of Special Collections. Essay by the curator, "Networking Artists & Poets." Reproductions in color. Exhibition checklist. Catalog of assembling magazines, many of them drawn from the Mail Art network. An excellent example of how a sub-genre of Mail Art can be placed within a historical context.

Yugoslavia

Supek, Jaroslav. First International Exhibition of Photo-Booth Photography. Happy Gallery, Students Cultural Center, Beograd, Yugoslavia. March 14-27, 1997. 31 pages. Offset. 6 1/2"x4 1/2". Essay by the curator, "Street Photo-Booth." Reproductions. Participant list.

1998

Australia

Cox, Rickey. The Bowel Movement: Conceptual Art in Motion. College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. May 12-26, 1998. (one page). Photocopy. 11 3/4"x8 1/4". Participant list. 44 participants from 19 countries. Reproductions available for viewing on exhibition website.  

Belgium

Bleus, Guy. Bureaus 1001 Desks: For an Open Adminstration. Het Centrum Beeldende Kunst, Gronigen, Belgium. October 18-November 22, 1998. CD-ROM and 12 page booklet. Offset. 4 1/2"x4 1/2". Forword by Henriettte Kindt. Introduction by the curator. Digital reproductions. Participant list.

Bleus, Guy. Bureaus 1001 Desks: For an Open Adminstration. Het Centrum Beeldende Kunst, Gronigen, Belgium. October 18-November 22, 1998. Postcard. Offset and rubber stamp. 6"x8 1/4". Participant list.

Bleus, Guy. Kunstenaarsboeken: Artists' Books/ Livres d'Artistes/ Kunstlerbucher: Uit het Archief van Guy Bleus-42.292. Literair Museum Hasselt, Hasselt, Belgium.Seaptember 9-November 7, 1998. 26 pages. Offset. 8 1/4"x6". Introduction by the curator, "Kunstenaarsboeken." Essay by the curator, "The Administration Centre-42.292 Archief." List of activities by the curator, "T. A. C.-42.292/Notes." Reproductions. Signed and dated by the curator. Notable for the extensive listing of Bleus' Mail Art activities.

Garcia, Pedro. Famille 2000. Popomail, Romsee, Belgium. 1998. (8 pages). Color deskjet printer. 10 3/4"x8 1/2".

Denmark

Jensen, K. Frank. The Play Card Transformation: A Mail Art Project 1998. Spilkammeret, Roskilde, Denmark. (20 pages). Color photocopy with artistamps and stickers. Reproductions in color. Participant list.

England

Jones, Hazel. Mickey Mouse Mail Art Project/Devious Devices. Croydon Clocktower, Croydon, England. February 4-June 4, 1998. Wolverhampton Art Gallery, Wolverhampton, England. June 20-September 9, 1998. Museum of Science & Industry, Manchester, England. September 30-January 7, 1999. (4 pages). Photocopy. 11 3/4"x8 1/4". Reproductions including exhibition installation. Participant list. The Mail Art project, which was a part of a larger exhibition, traveled to addtional venues in 1999. 

Aitchison, Martha. Artfull Snail Art Mail: A Mail Art Project on Art Mail, Snail Mail, Art Snail, Snail Art... The Shopping Trolley Gallery, Beckenham, England.  1998. 66 pages. Photocopy. 8 1/4"x5 3/4". Introduction by the curator. Reproductions. Participant list.

France

Orlowski, S. A. Art Postal 98. Plumes, Paris, France. 1998. (10 pages). Photocopy. 11 3/4"x8 1/4". Introduction. Participant list.

                                                                             
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