Correspondence art
Subject Source: Sackner Database
Found in 149 Collections and/or Records:
[Heart Sculpture], 1997
Mike Dyar writes on his note that "this was a collaboration between Ray Johnson & myself. He sent me this as a drawing & asked me to sculpt & cast it in plaster." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Homage to George Lott, 1997
George Lott was an American soldier in WWII whose wounding in battle was published by Life magazine. Because of this publicity, he received over 3000 letters. Baroni's homage consists of collaging two paper, addressed envelopes from mail he received to each of 10 pages and both covers and adding band-aids or adhesive tape to them. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Hoohoohobos Fortuitous Logos, 1987
Author is also known as buZ blurr. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
International Mail Archives, 2000
This work consists of the responses to a questionaire on Mail Art Archives sent to the recipients by Ferranto. Some of the collectors also indicated that their collections were for sale. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
It's In the Box, 1997
The box includes representative booklets, cards, and objects made by Collins, some for other mail art publications. A neck tie has a sewn label, Christian Boltanski (rather than Christian Dior). An accompanying typed pamphlet lists the publication where these works appeared along with the tirage. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Klang: Suoni Contemporanei, 2009
This exhibition was curated by Vittore Baroni and the booklets were edited by BAU. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Kunstenaarspostzegels, 1995
L'arte va all'attacco, 1995
The background for the collage is a photocopied newspaper article that describes Baroni's mail art activities. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Lego-15, 2008
Participants were requested to artistically or poetically interpret three pages of a Lego patent (1961) that was provided to them by Beaulieu. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Letter to Carl Loeffler, 1981
In response to Loeffler's request for a critical essay for his "Book on Correspondence Art" Crozier describes what it would be like to receive work from his colleagues in the mail art network. The narrative mentions over 450 names, all listed in alphabetical order. Mentions "Marvin Sackner who is the only non-artist in here or is he now..." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Vittore Baroni, Robert Filliou, Bill Gaglione, Edgardo Antonio Vigo, William Xerra, Nicholas Zurbrugg, Lon Spiegelman, Marvin A. Sackner, Takako Saito, Eugenio Miccini, Clemente Padín, and Richard Kostelanetz are some of the names associated with this letter.
[Letter to Ruth and Marvin], 1990
Object consists of pant's pocket mounted on cardboard. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
[Letter to Ruth and Marvin (Sackner)] / Furnival, John., 1991
The letter has a large watercolor of the plant, Pulmonaria Officinalis - Lungwort dominating the left half recto of the letter. Furnival describes the reason for the name of this plant and also a visit to Russia and the Ukraine. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Lettre de Rimbert No.4, 1987
Lettre Suit, 1993, 1983 - 1991
The folded letters were printed in an edition of 650 in 1983-1991 and mailed to the Sackner Archive in separate envelopes by Edition Despalles, the distributor for Atelier des Grames, but the cassette that holds them is made upon request. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
loaded voice, 2010
McMurtagh resides in San Diego, California; presumably this collaboration took place through the mail. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
[L'oeuf en Question] / Corfou, Michel., 1992
An egg-shaped ship, the name Christophe Colomb, and the notation "la P. la N. et la Santa M." commemorate 1492 and 1992. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Loose Watch: A Lost and Found Times Anthology , 1998
Lost and Found Times was founded by John M. Bennett and Doug Landies in 1975 and currently continues with Bennett as editor. This anthology contains a selection of text and graphics from isssues 1 to 39. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Mail 4 F.U.N., 2002
Described as "A mail art kit of the Funtastic United Nations" with texts coordinated by Vittore Baroni. This project was "conceived to create a bridge between the most different creative geographical entities and to stimulate cooperation amongst all kinds of imaginary contries and worlds." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
