What is mail art?
Mail Art is a populist art movement centered on the creation and exchange of small-scale artworks through the postal service. It developed out of the Fluxus movement in the 1950s and 1960s and has since evolved into a global art movement. Ray Johnson is recognized as the first mail artist, and his New York School is considered the first network of mail artists. Mail artists rely heavily on a network to exchange their works, often creating a community of artists connected through the postal system.
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ARTWORKS RELATED TO MAIL ART
Alighiero Boetti
Non parto non resto (Nove quadrati), 1979
Drawing / Watercolor
Watercolor
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Alighiero Boetti
Ammazzare il tempo, 1983
Limited Edition Print
Serigraph
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Joseph Beuys
Beuys for Lothar, 1973
Photography
Photograph
EUR 5,500
Alighiero Boetti
Da uno a dieci, 1980
Limited Edition Print
Offset Print
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On Kawara
One Million Years (Past) and (Future), 2004
Limited Edition Print
Multimedia
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Joseph Beuys
Wirtschaftspaket, 1984
Sculpture / Object
Mixed Media
EUR 16,600
Adrian Piper
Mokshamudra Progression (9 prints), 2012
Limited Edition Print
Digital Print on paper
EUR 27,000
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