MaIL ArT

Mail art shows are more common in Europe than the United States. Although they are basically throw-away art, they often attract enormous amounts of interesting work. Many are held in conjunction with local libraries, art galleries, holidays, or even shown at civic events. Some are sponsored by artists or artists' collaboratives. Listed below are some mail art shows in which Burning Books Press collages and other works have been shown.

“Marilyn+Monroe+Images,“ collage
Marilyn Monroe Mail Art Show August 2012
Curated by Genk J. Van Ooyen, Hollandmailart
Spijkenisse, Holland

“Idiom/identity” double sided collage
IDIOM AND IDENTITY SHOW, July 2011
Edition Janus - Eberhard Janke
Berlin, Germany

“Guantanamo,” collage
“El mail Tao,” No. 67, December 2010
International Journal on Mail-Art-History today
Edition Bauwagon
21 artists - Limited edition of 25
Karl-Friedrich Hacker, Itzehoe, Germany

“inside” and “ouside” 3D collage sculptures
“No Commercial Potential” Show April 2011
Curated by Maurizio Follin
Venzia, Italy
http://itsonlymailartnocommercial.blogspot.com/

“Magic letters in the wind,” collage
Las Formas de las Lettras & Arte Povera Show November 2010
C.A. Bs. As. ARGENTINA
Curated by Samuel Montalvetti
http://papercollage.blogspot.com

“Through the Dark Wood,” collage
The Wood Show August 2010
Pro-Locl San Leo Bastia
Castello PG Italy
www.sanleobastia.it

“American Venus,” collage
“Des Venus pour Ille” Show, Summer 2010
Curated by Andre Rober
Ille-sur-Tet, France
desvenuspourille.blogspot.com

"Across the Sea of Madness," collage
"arte y trastorno mental" show, May 2010
Curated by Cesar Reglero
Tarragona, Spain
www.psycotrex.com

"Heaven and Earth," collage
"Limite Scambio Segno" Show 2010
Curated by Rizoo Group, Tiziana Baracchi e Pro Loco di Portogruaro
Portogruaro, Venice, Italy
http://www.rizoo.it/

"Trembling," collage and text
The Phobia Show March 2010
Curated by Buffy Dinsmor
Dingley Hill
Stanford Dingley Reading, U.K.

"Self portrait," collage
Mail Art Olympix Show 2010
Courtney BC Canada
Curated by Ed Varney
artolympix.com/

“Thinking of You,” collage
II Bienal de Arte de Milheiros 2009 – Maia
Curated by Anabela G. & Bruno C. R. Joao Pedro Ribeiro,
Porto, Portugal
www.artmilheiros.blogspot.com

‘The Other,” collage
“Io, gli Altri” Show
Fiera del Libro Book Fair May, 2009
Biblioteca Civica Italo Calvino
Turin, Italy
www.chenli.it/theartbox2/mail-art

“L’ennemi,” collage (Homage to Charles Baudelaire)
“Page Blanche” Exhibition 2009
Gergy, France

“A Kiss,”photograph
 The Love Project 2009
Curated by Flora Raducan
Lugoj, Rumania
www.floraraducan.blogspot.com

“The Soldiers are Leaving the Village,” collage
“Image Gallery Against War from Boek 861”
January 2009
Curated by Boek 861, Tarragona, Spain
Boek861.com/no_war/index.html

“A Day in the Life of Doctor No,” stamp art and text, 11 panels
Mail-Art-Poetry Show, “Poetry and Stamp Art,” July, 2008,
Curated by Lubomyr Tymkiv of Lviv, Ukraine,
posted on the M-A Group website
m-a-group.blogspot.com/

“The Day the Typewriters Came to Abyssinia,” collage,
“Macchina da scrivere” Show,
Curated by Claudio Grandinetti
July, 2008, Cosenza, Italia
Documentation on the website
www.guzzardi.it/arte/machine.html

“Sweet Bird of Youth,” collage
Conceptual Continuity Show
Curated by Maurizio Follin,
July 2008 Venezia, Italy
Documentation on the website
http://itsonlymailartconcept.blogspot.com/

(c) David Drum 2012

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