Mail art :.

Mail art

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Brief Introduction and Quickfacts
Detailed Description
Artists and Paintings
More Examples – defined visual appearance
Tools for digitial artists, prompters and word smiths

Overview and quickfacts

Mail art is a type of art that is created by sending small pieces of art through the mail. Mail art can be anything from a simple drawing to a complex collage. Mail art is often sent anonymously, and it is not unusual for mail art to be sent to strangers.

The art style is also known as: Postal art, correspondence art
Categories: Impressionism, Modernism

1. Ray Johnson (1927-1995) 2. John Cage (1912-1992) 3. Robert Rauschenberg (1925-2008) 4. Jasper Johns (1930- ) 5. Ed Ruscha (1937- ) 6. Yoko Ono (1933- ) 7. John Lennon (1940-1980) 8. George Brecht (1926-2008) 9. Dick Higgins (1938-1998) 10. Fluxus (1960s- ) 11. Vito Acconci (1940-2017) 12. Bruce Nauman (1941- ) 13. Richard Long (1945- ) 14. Gilbert & George (1943- ) 15. Keith Haring (1958-1990) 16. Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988) 17. David Hammons (1943- ) 18. Felix Gonzalez-Torres (1957-1996) 19. Rachel Whiteread (1963- ) 20. Damien Hirst (1965- ) 21. Tracey Emin (1963- ) 22. Banksy (1974- ) 23. The Guerrilla Girls (1985- ) 24. Andrea Zittel (1965- ) 25. Cai Guo-Qiang (1957- ) 26. Takashi Murakami (1962- ) 27. Yoshitomo Nara (1959- ) 28. Yayoi Kusama (1929- ) 29. Ai Weiwei (1957- ) 30. Xu Bing (1955- )

1. “The Persistence of Memory” by Salvador Dali (1931) 2. “Nighthawks” by Edward Hopper (1942) 3. “One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich” by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (1962) 4. “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald (1925) 5. “The Catcher in the Rye” by J.D. Salinger (1951) 6. “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee (1960) 7. “The Lord of the Rings” by J.R.R. Tolkien (1954) 8. “The Hobbit” by J.R.R. Tolkien (1937) 9. “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone” by J.K. Rowling (1997) 10. “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets” by J.K. Rowling (1998) 11. “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban” by J.K. Rowling (1999) 12. “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire” by J.K. Rowling (2000) 13. “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix” by J.K. Rowling (2003) 14. “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” by J.K. Rowling (2005) 15. “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” by J.K. Rowling (2007) 16. “The Hunger Games” by Suzanne Collins (2008) 17. “Catching Fire” by Suzanne Collins (2009) 18. “Mockingjay” by Suzanne Collins (2010) 19. “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” by Stieg Larsson (2005) 20. “The Da Vinci Code” by Dan Brown (2003) 21. “Angels & Demons” by Dan Brown (2000) 22. “The Lost Symbol” by Dan Brown (2009) 23. “Inferno” by Dan Brown (2013) 24. “The Alchemist” by Paulo Coelho (1988) 25. “The Pilgrimage” by Paulo Coelho (1987) 26. “The Valkyries” by Paulo Coelho (1992) 27. “Brida” by Paulo Coelho (1990) 28. “The Fifth Mountain” by Paulo Coelho (1996) 29. “Veronika Decides to Die” by Paulo Coelho (1998) 30. “Eleven Minutes” by Paulo Coelho (2003)

Detailed Description

Mail art, also known as postal art and correspondence art, is a creative medium which combines elements of visual art and craft with elements of written communication. The medium typically involves the exchange of small, often handmade, artworks through the postal system, although it can also involve other forms of delivery such as email and social media. Mail art can be traced back to the early 20th century, when artists began experimenting with the potential of the postal system to disseminate their work. Early examples include the Dadaist artist Hans Arp, who sent collages through the post, and the Surrealist artist Max Ernst, who mailed collages to friends and acquaintances. The mail art movement really took off in the 1960s, when artists began using the postal system as a way to connect with one another and to share their work with a wider audience. The American artist Ray Johnson is often credited with being the father of mail art, and his work was an important influence on the development of the medium. Today, mail art is enjoyed by artists all over the world, and there is a thriving community of mail artists who exchange work on a regular basis. While the medium has evolved over the years, the basic principle remains the same: to create and exchange art through the postal system.