MAIL ART N° 2
BOX 2 :
1. NECRONOMICON n°2 (?) (mail-art assembling zine in a plastic bag with Cavellini sticker, 100 copies, Yugoslavia ? circa 83) : works by Vladimir Nikolic, Rudi, Em, Sumnjicave Misli, R. Cohen, Laibach, Angelo Vitale, M.C. GL., Erector, Nekrophile Records, Eugene, Barbery, Zarko Kulic, Horus, Peter Paalvast, Thoth, Henning Mittendorf, Jochen Schworz, José M. de la Pezuela, R. Maggi, Rudi Wilderjans, Jacob Levitinas, V. Baroni, John M. Bennett, Guy Bleus, Robin Crozier, Emilio Morandi, BLAM!, Shozo Shimamoto, Minoy, A. de Nilza, Jupitter-Larsen, Grupo OZ, Cavellini, Sandro Sulpîzio, Bartolomeo Miglio, Metamorphosis, Aloys Ohlmann, Graf Haufen, S. Smith, Out of Nowhere, R. Milinkovic, etc.
2. Material from Alberto Castelli (Italy, 89) : mail-art zine CONVOGLIO n°5, 48 pp. A5 (photocopy). WOW ! THIS IS THE END, CONVOGLIO MAIL ART CATALOG PROJECT, 1989, 14 pages A4 (stamps + list of participants). Diverse invitations… a chain letter. Decorated envelope.
3. MARCELLO DIOTALLEVI : LETTERE AL MITTENTE, LETTERE AUTOGRAFICHE, 20 pp. offset, 20 x 21 (Comune di Ferrara, Assessorato Istituzioni Culturali, Galleria Civica d’Arte Moderna, Palazzo dei Diamanti, Galleria Massari 3), 1988. With colour printed postcard “Progetti di volo“, Marcello Diotallevi, Palazzina Corsini, Villa Panphilj, Roma, 25 aprile – 3 maggio 1987. Plus : little booklet, 6 pp. offset, “Autoritratti formato tessera“, by Stelio Rescio. Plus : 6 pp. booklet on “Le bugie di Marcello Diotallevi – 11/20 settembre 1987, Caffè Voltaire – via della Scala, 9r – Firenze“, text by Mirella Bentivoglio.
4. Catalog of EXPOSICION INTERNACIONAL DE ARTE CORREO, ABOUT 1st MAY, Montevideo, Uruguay, 1983, 32 pp., 16,5 x 21,5, B&W.
5. MAIL-ART-ICON-CATALOGUE, H.R. Fricker, Switzerland, 1983-84. 40 pp., offset, A5. With document about “First International MA-Congress 1985-86“.
6. BLA-BLA n°7 (Belgium, Spring 87). 48 pp., photocopy, A4. Zine on mail-art and all alternative excesses, by Eriek Van Havere and Dirk Vercruyssen. With flexi-record including THE McTELLS : 1. Sometimes, 2. Virginia m.c. RIG VEEDA and THE TWINS : 3. Creep. Texts in french, english, and flemish.
7. GUGLIELMO ACHILLE CAVELLINI : AUTORITRATTI/SELF-PORTRAITS, LIVING-ROOM EXHIBITION 1981. Printed in offset. 82 pp. B&W and colour.
8. GUGLIELMO ACHILLE CAVELLINI : CAVELLINI IN CALIFORNIA AND IN BUDAPEST, LIVING-ROOM SHOW 1980. 84 pp. offset. Colour cover.
9. OCUPACION by Teresinka Pereira (USA, circa 86-87). 44 pages A4, artworks, newspapers cuttings, poems.
10. Material from Jean-christophe HA (France, 89). Two aerosol graffitis “I WANT, I CAN“ (28 x 38, dedicated to Philippe Pissier), and “THE JOY DIVISIONS WERE ONE OF THE MOST HORRIBLE THINGS THAT JEWS EVER KNEW“ (196 x 38, 2/3, dedicated to Philippe Pissier). Letter + some mail-art papers.
11. Poster ARCHIVES FOR MAGIC AND MYSTERY ENDLESS PROJECT, MAIL ART LIST N°2, with list of participants to project, Fulgor C. Silvi, Italy, 90.
12. Material from Guy Stuckens, Belgium, 86 : SUE INTERNATIONAL n°6 ( décembre 85, A4, photocopy, 16 pp. ), + 3 flyers. Decorated envelope (collage).
13. Collage by MOHS (Rody Wolf-Balej), Nantes, France, 94.
14. Booklet 14 pp. A4, with colours, by CEREBRAL SHORTS, Australia, 89. Message to Philippe Pissier written on a polaroid, 90.
15. Colour photocopies of 3 collages sent by Solomonoff & Von Hoffmannstahl, USA, s.d.
16. KOSTAR KRAVAT magazine, issue special mail-art, 60 pp. A4, offset, colour cover. France, 1989. A lot of works reproduced… + an original artwork made during the view of mail-art exhibition COLLARS AND CUFFS (21 april 89).
17. FACE-B magazine, n°8, France, 87. 52 pp., colour cover. 8 pp. about mail-art phenomena.
18. Material from Nicolas de la Casinière, France, n.d. Figures in papier mâché : a man with whip, keeping a kneeling down woman on the leash… Text on cardboard about the artwork. 2 chain-letters. Decorated envelope.
19. Catalog MAIL ART PROJECT TIME 88 (Italy, 88). 52 pages, photocopy. A lot and a lot of works reproduced.
21. Catalog mail-art project POST-INDUSTRIALISM, YEAR ONE (Emmett Walsh, USA, 81). 24 pp., 17,5 x 21,5, copy 13/100. Colour cover. With letter from E. Walsh to Philippe Pissier. Decorated envelope. From USA, sent in 83.
22. Artwork by AJAX (“Bris de Vitrines!“), France, n.d. (circa 88-89). Mixed media, 26 x 30.
23. PASS ON SIVULLINEN NEWSLETTER, summer 95, Helsinki, Finland. Four pages A4, offset, 1000 copies.
24. Material from HONORIARTIST (USA, 90). Collage/Letter, reproaching Philippe Pissier for using SM pictures in his mail-art. Some invitations. A stamp : MALE ART. Beautifully decorated envelope.
25. Material from BRIAN SALZBERG/LET’S PRESS ETC. (USA, 88). B&W painting by B. Salzberg, letter, + “Book“ made with parts of The New York Times, october 23, 1988 (13x16, 32 pp.).
26. DE MEDIA, EXTRA SMALL MAGS ISSUE, september 86. 8 pp. A4, photocopy.
27. GUGLIELMO ACHILLE CAVELLINI : AUTORITRATTI IMPERTINENTI, IMPERTINENTS SELFPORTRAITS, 24 pp. offset, works reproduced in colour, 17 x 23 (Edizioni Nuovi Strumenti, Italy, 85).
28. GUGLIELMO ACHILLE CAVELLINI : IL SISTEMA MI HA MESSO IN CROCE, LIVING-ROOM EXHIBITION, 1986. 20 A4 offset colour reproductions (from OPERA N°1 to OPERA n°20) + reproduction of “Ritratto di G.A. Cavellini 1974“ by Andy Warhol + recto-verso page “Il sistema mi ha messo in croce“. The whole is included in black cardboard pouch, with, of course, the usual Cavellini sticker.
29. AFTER THE END n°7 (Canada, 88). B&W photocopy, 36 pp. 21 x 28, copy 25/100. Works by Hugh Williamson, Lloyd Dunn, Peggy Lefler, Elizabeth Was, Pavel Rudolf, Daniel F. Bradley, John M. Bennett, Mike Miskowski, etc. Enclosed are seven photocopied works (75 copies) by Greg Evason, Mike Miskowski, etc., extracted from “POWER“ by Greg Evason (Score Sheet n)6) ; a flyer about “Score Sheet“ n°6, a flyer about “The Metal Farm“ by Scott Bowering, a “GAPress“ catalog (october 88), booklet (A6 photocopy, 12 pp.) “Nelinski in Toronto“ by Wharton Hood (GAPress, 88) + anonymous (W. Hood ?) booklet (A6 photocopy, 4 pp.) enclosed in the former.
30. SMILE MAGAZIN n°7, international culture mag, mail-art-station-minden (Germany, 88). 54 pp. A4 offset, one plate in colour (two postal artworks). Enclosed are 4 mail-art flyers + a A5 booklet, 8 pp., “MAIL ART ERY“.
31. CARTES POSTALES ET COLLECTIONS n°86 (France, 82). 100 pp., 21 x 14,7, offset.
32. Material from Jürgen O. Olbrich, Germany, 87. JURGEN O. OLBRICH : LIFE IS ART ENOUGH, PERFORMANCE WORKS, Galerie Christel Schüppenhauer, Essen, 1987. 36 pp. A4, offset, colour cover, four colour pages inside… Pink cardboard “Jûrgen sieht keinen Unterschied mehr.“ Plate of stamps 21,5 x 35 “Performance Package“ by J. O. Olbrich. CITY SOUVENIR, DOCUMENTA 8 KASSEL 1987, EXPANDED PERFORMANCE, cardboard pouch including 14 postcards (B&W, colour), by Achim Schnyder, Grant D. Poier, Chuck Stake, Jürgen Schweinebraden, Wolfgang Hainke, Niall Monro, Arno Arts, Alain-Martin Richard, Manfred Vänci Stirnemann, Frank Barth, Elisabeth Jappe, Jürgen O. Olbrich, Manfred Schneckenburger… And 5 postcards related to Olbrich works and exhibitions….
33. LO STRANIERO n°11 (Italy, 91). Mail-art newspaper, 4 pp. 50 x 70, B&W.
34. LO STRANIERO n°15 (Italy, 93). Mail-art newspaper, 12 pp., 35 x 50, B&W.
35. EL DJARIDA, KUNST, MUSIKK, LITTERATUR, INFO, n°3 (Norway, june 86). 24 pp. offset 27, 5 x 39, colour cover, colour central pages. Texts in norwegian and english. A lot of data, a lot of works reproduced… Peter Moreels, Ostein Thorvaldsen, Manfred Vanci Stirnemann, Yngve Zakarias, Joseph W. Huber, Paul Brand, Anne Kvam, Kjell Erik Killi Olsen, D. Kamperelic, Jupitter-Larsen, Stokstad, Jaques Mercado, Lutz Wierzbowski, H.R. Fricker, mARTin, Andrzej Dudek-Dürer, etc.
36. EL DJARIDA, PROPAGANDA, n°4 (Norway, circa end 86). 24 pp. offset 29 x 42, colour cover, colour central pages. Texts in norwegian and english. A lot of data, a lot of works reproduced… Robert Rehfeldt, Kim il Jung, H.R. Fricker, F. Duvivier, Shozo Shimamoto, Adriano Bonari, Tumi Magnusson, Carola von Hoffmannstahl, Baard Noodt, Piotr Szyhalski, V. Baroni, Martin, A. Dudek-Dürer, Lutz Wierzbowski, Ruggero Maggi, Mukata Takamura, etc.
37. EL DJARIDA, MAIL ART MANIFEST, n°5 (Norway, april 87). 32 pp. offset 27,5 x 39, colour cover. Texts in norwegian and english. A lot of data, a lot of works reproduced… Carol Stetser, Routine Art Co., V. Baroni, Giovanni Fontana, Maria Brygida, Geza Perneczky, Nenad Bogdanovic, Avelino de Araujo, Horst Hahn, Theodor Thanos, Fernando Aguiar, Damaso Ogaz, Lon Spiegelman, Jerzy Wankiewicz, Helena W., Stephan Lippmann, Bruno Richard, Josef Hampl, Jürgen O. Olbrich, Marcel Stussi, Vlasta Delimar, Andrej Tisma, Jupitter-Larsen, Ozeas Duarte, Pavel Veres, Joseph Huber, Kum Nam Baik, Pat Fish, Aaron Flores, F. Duvivier, etc…..
38. In an envelope, collage A4 by K. MOL, Netherlands, 1987.
40. CASTELLIN TORREGROSA : LIVRE (Editions Akenaton, France, 86). 24 pp. offset 18 x 24, copy 354/500. With an envelope (message inside) sticked on p. 2. Prefatory text by Julien Blaine.
41. THE DELICE IN PROGRESS n°0 (Thierry Tillier, Belgium, 95). 8 pp. A4, photocopy on green paper. Llys Dana, Benoît Piret, Thierry Tillier, Jack Marlow…
42. LA GAZETTE DE MONSIEUR MÔSE-MÔSE n°2 (Belgium, october 86). 3 pp. 29,5 x 42, photocopy.
44. COLLAGES POUR PHILIPPE PISSIER, OU “NE PAS OUBLIER DE COUDRE DES POCHES SUR SON SUAIRE“… collage dans/sur une pochette 22,5 x 32 ; écriture manuscrite, pochette d’allumettes, scotch, agrafes, gaze, etc. Avec une lettre de l’auteur (Michel Champendal) à Philippe Pissier (en date du ’25 septembre 1982 après l’imposteur’) et un PS sur un bristol.
Pochette avec mention ‘Mail-Art Vincent Courtois’ (n°48 à 54) :
46. Sous enveloppe en date du 29 12 2000 : COLLAGE # 1, décembre 2000. 10 pp. A4 à l’italienne, photocopie. Participants : Tartarugo, Philippe Pissier, Pascal Lenoir, Vincent Courtois. Plus une lettre à PP.
47. SUITE ET FIN, juin 2000. 40 pp. A5 en photocopie. Textes et images de Didier Manyach, Jean Antonini, Bruno Richard, Lucien Suel, Pascal Lenoir, etc.
48. Sous enveloppe en date de décembre 2000 : SUITE ET FIN n°3, novembre 2000. 20 pp. A5 en photocopie. Tartarugo, Didier Manyach, José Galdo, Bruno Richard, Marc Alhanati, etc. Avec une carte postale de V. Courtois à PP.
49. Sous enveloppe en date du 26 04 2001 : …TO BE CONTINUED TO THE END, COLLAGE, Catalogue # 3. Seize pp. en photocopie A5. Pascal Lenoir, Brain Cell, Emily Joe, etc.
50. Sous enveloppe en date du 12 10 2001 : TO BE CONTINUED TO THE END n°7, octobre 2001. 20 pp. A5 en photocopie couleurs. Thierry Tillier, Philippe Pissier, Pascal Lenoir, giovanni Stradada, Gerhard Meerwein, Marilyn Dammann, etc. Exemplaire n°6/25.
51. Sous enveloppe : mot de V. Courtois à PP (26/10/2001), plus une pochette plastique vide qui contenait des éléments graphiques à assembler en vue collage (mail-art project Vincent Courtois).
52. Sous enveloppe en date du 01 12 2001, un mot de V. Courtois + une carte postale (‘Le Spectacle’, collage de V. Courtois).
53. Sous enveloppe en date du 14 février 2002, TO BE CONTINUED TO THE END n°10, 12 pp. A5, photocopie, couverture couleurs (image de Dmitry Babenko)… avec : Tillier, Pissier, Pascal Lenoir, Didier Manyach, Olbrich, Nakamura, etc. Et un mot de Vincent Courtois à PP sur carte postale couleurs ('Baigneuse' par Miró).
Soit un minimum de 53 pièces.