Mapping Correspondence: Mail Art in the 21st Century
Please join us Friday, April 11th 6-8 pm at the Center for Book Arts in NYC for the opening reception! Exhibitions on view through June 28, 2008
RSVP: 212-481-0295 www.centerforbookarts.org
This exhibition invited artists, who in turn invited additional participants, to submit work via the postal service, creating a network of communication that reflects the complex and varied meaning of the book, mapping, and social networking in the 21st century.
Mail art is a democratic genre outside of the traditional system of art consumptionthrough commercial galleries. In addition to the contemporary work, the exhibition will feature an historical timeline, as well as work by some of most influential artists and collaboratives of the movement, including Ray Johnson, Buster Cleveland, Dick Higgins, and vintage Anna Banana, on loan from Robert Warner, Scott McCarney, Barbara Moore, Gordon Simpson, Marilyn Rosenberg, Franklin Furnace Archive, the Davi Det Hompson Archive at VCU, among others.
Please join us Friday, April 11th 6-8 pm at the Center for Book Arts in NYC for the opening reception! Exhibitions on view through June 28, 2008
RSVP: 212-481-0295 www.centerforbookarts.org
This exhibition invited artists, who in turn invited additional participants, to submit work via the postal service, creating a network of communication that reflects the complex and varied meaning of the book, mapping, and social networking in the 21st century.
Mail art is a democratic genre outside of the traditional system of art consumptionthrough commercial galleries. In addition to the contemporary work, the exhibition will feature an historical timeline, as well as work by some of most influential artists and collaboratives of the movement, including Ray Johnson, Buster Cleveland, Dick Higgins, and vintage Anna Banana, on loan from Robert Warner, Scott McCarney, Barbara Moore, Gordon Simpson, Marilyn Rosenberg, Franklin Furnace Archive, the Davi Det Hompson Archive at VCU, among others.
Fresh Impressions: Letterpress Printing in Contemporary Art
Curated by artists Inge Bruggeman and Heather Watkins, , 'Fresh Impresions' explores the relevance of printing in contemporary art, while seeking to define its significance to current art making practices.
An exhibition catalogue is available for purchase from the Oregon College of Art & Craft's Hoffman Gallery, Call 503.297.5544 for information.
Curated by artists Inge Bruggeman and Heather Watkins, , 'Fresh Impresions' explores the relevance of printing in contemporary art, while seeking to define its significance to current art making practices.
An exhibition catalogue is available for purchase from the Oregon College of Art & Craft's Hoffman Gallery, Call 503.297.5544 for information.
