1962 | 2022 | 60 YEARS OF MAIL
ART by Ruggero Maggi and Italian Post
Mail Art Exhibition
Saronno Post Office
DECEMBER 17, 2022 | JANUARY
21, 2023
INAUGURATION Saturday 17 December 2022 at
10.00
On
Saturday 17 December at 10.00 a.m. will be inaugurated at the Saronno Post Office the Mail Art
exhibition 1962 | 2022 | 60 YEARS OF MAIL ART by Ruggero Maggi and
Italian Post.
Speakers will be D.ssa Annamaria Gallo Philately
Representative Macro North West Area, Lorella Giudici (Art
Historian and Professor Brera Academy, Milano) and Ruggero
Maggi (artist and curator).
In
1962 Mail Art, quintessence of creative communication and forerunner of recent
social networks, was born. Hundreds of artists have operated within this
artistic, poetic and social phenomenon since its first appearance, promoting an
infinite variety of projects all over the world, in which protagonist is
the interrelationship between sender, receiver and sent object.
Futurism
and Dadaism can undoubtedly be considered the historical antecedents of this
form of artistic communication, as well as the work of Kurt Schwitters, creator
of the first works made with stamps and the advent, in the mid-19 50, of the
Fluxus research with the work of artists such as Joseph Beuys, Ray Johnson, George
Maciunas, Ken Friedman, Ben Vautier and some artists and theorists of French
New Realism such as Pierre Restany and Yves Klein. Ray Johnson (Detroit
10/16/1927 - Sag Harbor 01/13/1995) - defined as "the most famous unknown
artist of New York" - founded in 1962 the New York
Correspondence School (so defined by Ed Plunkett) and is considered
the creator of Mail Art, term coined by the curator and art critic Jean-Marc
Poinsot.
In
the mid-70s Ray Johnson involved me by sending me some photos of him, which I
in turn processed and sent to other postal artists inviting them to intervene
and disseminate them, following the RJ's basic idea "ADD &
RETURN". Since then these fantastic images have traveled all over
the world and some, after all these years, still return home (!) and are now
presented in full in this exhibition for the first time. Last summer part of
these works collected in my Amazon archive were exhibited in
the Ophen Virtual Art Gallery space in Salerno.
But
who was Ray Johnson? Maria Ilario, director of the Ray Johnson
Archive, in an interview edited by Leda Cempellin (Professor of Art History at
South Dakota State University in the USA) published in the Italian art
magazine Juliet describes him thus: “It is difficult to fully
define him because new information is still being uncovered. His ability to
create so many networks and produce interactions between them fascinated me.
Johnson's mind was like a computer; it worked rapidly […]”. When asked to
describe RJ's dark side and his end in Long Island, New York (where R.J.
committed suicide by jumping off a bridge in 1995) and whether it what happened
was a performance, or rather a suicide, Mrs. Ilario replies: "It was both
a performance and it was a suicide. Our collection has many objects that discuss
death, correspondence with declares “the death of the New York Correspondence
School” and his book “A Book About Death”…He had a fascination with death”.
Unfortunately
for all of us Ray Johnson left us too soon, but his innovative and provocative
ideas continue to develop through the work of many artists in every part of the
Earth. As we know, ideas, the good ones, survive forever. What better
occasion, here, to launch the idea of the M.A.D. (Mail Art Day): an international day
dedicated to Mail Art on October 16th, the birthday of our great friend
and...coincidentally mine too!
I
particularly thank the Italian Post, D.ssa Annamaria Gallo Representative for
Philately Macro Area North West, D.ssa Loredana Lenza Referent for Territorial
Philately, Claudio Romeo and Gian Paolo Terrone for supporting the
initiative. (R. Maggi)
PARTICIPATING ARTISTS:
ARGENTINA Graciela
Ciampini, Silvio De Gracia, Norberto José Martínez, Graciela G. Marx, Ana
Montenegro, Edgardo A. Vigo AUSTRALIA Cerebral Shorts, David Dellafiora,
Plutonium Press, Pete Spence AUSTRIA K.G.Brandtner, Erich
Sundermann BELGIUM Simón Baudhuin, Guy Bleus,
K. D'haeseleer, Geert De Decker, De Gorter, Koen De
Hul, Sylvie-Anne Debrichy, Luc Fierens, Jean-Roch Focant,
Charles Francois, Filip Goubert, A. Hellebuyck, Bruno Hubert,
Benoit Lamette, Marlies Mulders, Sjoerd
Paridaen, F. Remouchamps, Albert Rubéns, Guy Schraenen,
Societé Anonyme, J. Spiroux, Guy Stuckens, The museum of
museums, Johan Van Geluwe, Jose' Vd Broucke BOSNIA
HERZEGOVINA Krizic Dragan BRAZIL Paulo Bruscky, Lenir De
Miranda, Candida Godoy, Roberto Keppler, Hugo
Pontes, Gilbertto Prado, J. Roberto Sechi BULGARIA V. Sarieff CANADA John Atkin, Anna Banana,
Kurt Beaulieu, Diane Bertrand, Mike Bidner, R.F. Côté, Dan
Courtney, Mike Duquette, Jean-Claude Gagnon, Susan
Gold, Michael Grayson, GX
Jupitter-Larsen, Sarah Jackson, Anne King, Chris Lauren, Pier Lefebvre,
Mailarta, Tim Mc Haughlin, Ross Priddle, Pyramid, Martine Savard,
Snappy, Ed Varney (Big Dada) CHILE Guillermo Deisler COLOMBIA Carlos
Bonaiti, Tulio Restrepo CROATIA Ivana Krndelja,
Valter Smoković CUBA Juan Pedro Gutierrez DENMARK Karina
Bjerregaard, Ulla Christiansen, Steen Krarup, Niels Lomholt, Mogens Otto
Nielsen, Steen Moller Rasmussen, Plagiat, Marina Salmaso, Georgine M. Witta ESTONIA Ilmar Kruusamae,
Made Balbat, Reiu Tüür PHILIPPINES Sid Hildawa FINLAND Jorma Kuula, Arto Kytohonka, Irja Lahteenmaki,
Reima Makinen, Anja Mattila-Tolvanen, Pekka Ronkko, J. Tanttu,
The Museum of modern Art, Paul Tiililä FRANCE Christian Alle, Aristide
3108, Art-no Domain, Bigoudi, Julien Blaine, P.
Blanck, B. Charpentier, Daniel Daligand, Jean-Claude Deprez, Francoise Duvivier, Dan Ferdinande, Guy Ferdinande, Joe Fleury,
Franck Garcia, Jean Hugues, Eric Langolff, Jean-Noel Laszlo,
Pascal Lenoir,
Lola-Fish, Baudouin Luquet, Pierre Marquer, Jacques Massa, Rene A. Montes, Jean-Pierre Naud,
Petou, B. Pommey, Henry Prosi, Robèr
André, Jean-Francois Robic, Sabi Mail
Art, Marie Snell, Lucien Suel, André Theval GERMANY Dietrich Albrecht,
Sal-Gerd Beyer, Bidu, Hans Braumüller, Ingo Cesaro, Das fröhliche
Wohnzimmer, Matthias Dreyer, Willy Forster, Joachim Frank.
Dirk Fröhlich, Klaus Groh. Petra Grund, Elke Grundmann,
Bernd-Uwe Güthling, K.F. Hacker, Graf Hartmut, Hans Hess, Stefan
J. Holfter, Eberhard Janke, Paula J. Jesgarz, V. Inge
Kaun, Jürgen Kierspel, Lebenshilfe gGMbH, Herbert
A. Meyer, Henning Mittendorf, Georg Mühleck, Boris
Nieslony, Jürgen Olbrich, Heino Otte, F. Pfeiffer, R.
Stahl Pfeiffer, Robert Rehfeldt, Dörte Schmidt, Gue
Schmidt, Laurie Schneider, Anne Schoon, Friedhelm Schulz, Jörg Seifert,
Jobel Silke, Markus Steffen, Horst
Tress, Sigismund Urban, Rolf Wanke, Achim Weigelt,
R.D.A. Westphal, Linda Winnes, Lutz Wohlrab, Ruth
Wolf-Rehfeldt, Gerd Wunderer JAPAN Aerial
Print, Maguro Atama, Noriko Cohen, Ryosuke Cohen,
Shuzo Azuchi Gulliver, Mayumi
Handa, Yoshii Isau, Tohei Mano, Seiko Miyazaki, Murakami
Kazunori, Keiichi Nakamura, Hisashi Nakata, Shigeru
Nakayama, Seiei Nishimura, Satoru Ogawa,
Shozo Shimamoto, Shin Ok! No Dera, Hatakeyama Tadami, Mukata Takamura,
Takeishi K., Shigeru Tamaru, Teruyuki Tsubouchi, Tamotsu
Watanabe, Isai Yoshii GREAT BRITAIN A. 1. Waste
Paper
Co., Mik Atkins, Keith Bates, Sue Colver, Paul Cope, Robin Crozier,
Culture Direct, Dipstick Blue, Emanuel Z., Factor X, Stewart Home,
Institute of Fatous Research, Jim, M.A. Longbottom, Michael Lumb,
Mailmartha, Maggie Mize, Julie Munn, O. Jason,
Mark Pawson, David Tiffen, J. Upton, L. Ade Vice GREECE Sophia Martinou GUATEMALA Guido
Bondioli INDIA Renuka Kesaramadu IRELAND Crash,
Paul Murray, Barry Edgar Pilcher ITALY Roberto Accorti, Ale
Aiello, Aleph, Dino Aloi, Antonio Amato, Ametista, Giovanni Amodio, Monica
Andreis, Salvatore Anelli, Toni Antonetti, Francesco Aprile, Archivio Moro,
Enrico Aresu, Luigi Auriemma, Vittorio Baccelli, Paolo Badini, Erika Baggini,
Antonio Baglivo, Franco Ballabeni, Bobo Banchi, Tiziana Baracchi, Emanuela
Barbetti, Piero Barducci, Vittore Baroni, Paolo Barrile, Silvia Barsi, Clara
Bartolini, Donatella Baruzzi, Lancillotto Bellini, Benil, Carla Bertola,
Gabriele Bianconi, Mauro Bini, Gherardo Boccato, Giovanni Bonanno, Anna Boschi,
Gianni Broi, Marina Bucchieri, Matteo Cagnola, Roberto Calabro, Joseph Canzi,
Bruno Capatti, Angela Caporaso, Guido Capuano, Ennio Carbone, Angelo Caruso,
Luciano Caruso, Bruno Cassaglia, Alberto Castelli, Guglielmo Achille Cavellini,
Alessandro Ceccotto, Bruno Chiarini, Simonetta Chierici, Piermario Ciani,
Enrico Ciceri, Cosmo Cinisomo, Mario Cobàs, Gaetano Colonna, Francesco
Cornello, Giampietro Cudin, Crescenzio D'Ambrosio, Antonio De Marchi Gherini,
Rino De Michele, Salvatore De Rosa, Albina Dealessi, Raimondo Del Prete, Giosuè
Dell'Oro, Pina Della Rossa, Patrizia Dellavalle, Desireau, G. Devis, Giuseppe
Di Lorenzo, Annitta Di Mineo, Franco Di Pede, Carmine Di Pietro, Marcello
Diotallevi, Maria Pia Fanna Roncoroni, Paolo Favi, Angelo Ferragina, Domenico
Ferrara Foria, Mimicha Finazzi, Alfio Fiorentino, Giovanni Fontana, Roberto
Formigoni, Raffaelle Gallucci, Antonella Gandini, Manuela Gandini, Nielsen
Gavina, Mario Giavino, Annamaria Girardi, Fabrizio Gori, Claudio Grandinetti,
Elisabetta Gut, Peter Hide 311065, I Miradebora, Armando Ilacqua, JDM, Mario
Lanzione, Glauco Lendaro Camiless, Alfonso Lentini, Silvana Leonardi, Giovanni Leto, Pino Lia, Mario Lido,
Liuba, Oronzo Liuzzi, Lucia Longo, Maya Lopez Muro, Gian Paolo Lucato, Serse
Luigetti, Guido Lusetti, Ruggero Maggi, Gabriella Maldifassi, Giorgia Malossi,
Roberto Malquori, Renato Marini, Maria Grazia Martina, Gianni Marussi, Anna
Maria Matone, Monica Mazzone, Massimo Medola, Alessia Meglio, Moreno Menarin,
Monica Michelotti, Virginia Milici, Annalisa Mitrano, Giorgio Moio, Mauro
Molinari, Tullo Montanari, Emilio Morandi, Lorenzo Morandotti, Giorgio Nelva,
Angela Noya, Off Studio, Luciano Olivato, Orfeo, Andrea Ovcinnicoff, Fausto
Paci, Cristiano Pallara, Marco Pasian, Massimo Pattaro, Ennio Pauluzzi, Bruno
Pecchioli, Linda Pelati, Walter Pennacchi, Renata Petti, Marisa Pezzoli,
Riccardo Pezzoli, Tarcisio Pingitore, Pinky, Flavio Piras, Tiziana Priori,
Giancarlo Pucci, Mauro Rea, Gaetano Ricci, Isabella Rigamonti, Alberto Rizzi,
Gian Paolo Roffi, Claudio Romeo, Gianni Romeo, Walter Rovere, Fabrizio Rovesti,
Giovanni Rubino, Cristina Ruffoni, Franco Santini, Fabio Sassi, Daniele Sasson,
Antonio Sassu, Roberto Scala, Fulgor C. Silvi, M. Rosa Simoni, Alfredo Slang,
Luigino Solamito, Cristina Sosio, Lucia Spagnuolo, Lisa Spathi, Giuseppe
Spennati, Giovanni Strada, Ernesto Terlizzi, Gian Paolo Terrone, Camilla
Testori, Elsa Testori, Roberto Testori, Paola Toffolon, Renata Torazzo, Antonio Tregnaghi, Ilia Tufano, Orazio
Maria Valastro, Generoso Vella, Silvia Venuti, Giangrazio Verna, Alberto
Vitacchio, Roberto Vitali, Laura Vitulano, Roberto Zito LITHUANIA Žuromskas
Mindaugas MEXICO Emilio Carrasco, Emilio Jr. Carrasco, L.
Edmundo, R. Rodriguez NORWAY Ingrid Engaras, T.E. Larsen HOLLAND Eric Adam,
Bibliotheca Gullbiana, Jenny De Groot, Ko De Jonge, Ever
Arts, Rinus Groenendaal, F. Gubbels, Ruud Janssen
, Magda Lagerwerf, Metallic Avau, Kees Oosterbaan, Cor
Reyn, Stardust Memories, Rod Summers, The Unexpected Mail
Art, Jelle Van Nimwegen, Carola Vd Heyden POLAND Wojciech Bobrowicz, Olgierd Bochenski, Andrzej Dudek-Durer, Pawel Kornacki, Pawel Petasz,
Robert
Rupocinski, Piotr Rypson, Wojciech Sojka, Krzysztof Szynczak, Boris Zarzycki PORTUGAL Fernando Aguiar, Cesar Figueiredo, José Oliveira REP.
CZECH Petr Sevcik, Radana Sevcik, Zdeněk
Šima, Vojtech Skrepsky ROMANIA Ovidiu Petca RUSSIA Rea
Nikonova, Serge Segay SCOTLAND Torquil R. Anderson SERBIA Nenad
Bogdanovic, Dobrica Kamperelić, Rora Kamperelić, Maya Mihanovic, Predrag
Petrović, Andrej Tišma SPAIN Sabela Baña, Pedro
Bericat, Joan Borda, Alex Cabral, Consuelo Delgado
Vallejo, Victoria Encinas, Francisco Escudero, Marcelo Exposito,
Pedro Pablo Gallardo, Antonio Moreno Garrido, Antonio Gomez,
Ibirico, J!B!B!, Miguel Jiménez, Felipe Lamadrid, Magico
Verdun, Myriam Mercader, Xavier Mulet, Miguel Perlado
Guerra, Cesar Reglero, Ricardo, Jaume Rocamora, Horacio Sapere, Mikel Untzilla,
Valdor, Manuel Xio Blanco SOUTH AFRICA Fran Saunders SWEDEN Hugo
Catolino, Karin Feltzing, Kalle, Kjell Nyman, Target Media SWISS H.R. Fricker, Peter
W. Kaufmann, Norbert Koschitz, Ruch Günther,
M. Vänçi Stirnemann, Marcel Stüssi, Lothar Trott TAIWAN William
Mellott HUNGARY Dr. Pascal, György Galántai, György Vinczef URUGUAY Bentos
Acosta, Jorge Caraballo, Roberto
Farona, Clemente Padin USA Reed Altemus, Amnesia,
Craig Anczelowitz, Stanley David Aponte, Arto Posto, Artropolis, Claudine
Barbot, Fernand Barbot, Gerard Barbot, John M. Bennett, Bola, Angel Borrero,
Box of water, S.S. Bradley, Buttons, buZ blurr, Black Byron, M.John Byrum, John
Cage, Kalynn Campbell, Carol Canfield, Carlo Pittore, Cheese Cake Institute,
Circular, Citizen X, Bill Clark, F.Allan Clark, Cleasby, Buster Cleveland,
Crackerjack Kid, Creative Thing, Julie Dennehy, Desirey-Dodge Archives,
Dogfish, DPH, Dream magazine, Mike Dyar, Karen Eliot, Ex Posto Facto, Arturo G.
Fallico, Harry Fox, Michael Fox, Ken Friedman, Jayne Garrett, Generatore Press,
Ed Giecek, Mike Goetz, Brad Goins, Coco Gordon, Gummiglot, Harley, Jim Haynes,
Heartland, John Held Jr., E.F. Higgins III , Hilgart, Crag Hill, David Hollis,
Honoria, Ruth Howard, Larry Huber, Imperial residence, In Remembrance, Janet,
D. Jenkins, JK Post, Ray Joel, Ray Johnson, Alex Nu-Jetson Jonkani, Karl Jung,
Kingdom of edelweiss, Wai Hok Lee, Lot 9, LX, Lara Mario, Willie Marlowe, Jerry
Marquez, Michelangelo Mayo, Richard Meade, Meow, Steve Mc Comas, Mumbles, E.
Sheila Murphy, Musicmaster, C. Nash, Neosho, Eddie Nero, NYCS, Oh Boy!, Pandora's
Mailbox, S. Perkins, Sharon Pfau, Phosphorus Flourish, Picasso Gaglione, Dan
Plunkett, Harry Polkinhorn, Michel Pollard, Bern Porter, Rama rama rama, Steve
Random, Bill Ray, Monica Rex, A. Sam Rice, Rocola, Ronaldo Comix, M. Rose, Adam
Roussopoulos, Rudi Rubberoid, Rubberta, Du Russel-Weston, S'Pool, Sagebrush
Moderne, Sandragons, Robert Saunders, Schneck and Nash, C. Schneck, John
Shannon, LaVona Sherarts, Shmuel, Ska, Stephanie Smith, Mark Sonnenfeld, Jenny
Soup, Lon Spiegelman, SRAN,
State of Being, H.Thomas Stone, Patrick Symes, Jayne Taylor, The Bag Lady, The
Dead School, The Skeleton Quartely, The Sticker Dude, Larry Thomas, Thompson,
Frank Thomson, Fred Truck, W.C."Bill" Porter, Chris Winkler, Xexoxial
Endarchy, Yamadada, Karl Young VENEZUELA _guroga
1962 | 2022 | 60 YEARS OF MAIL ART
by Ruggero Maggi and Italian Post
Mail Art Exhibition
Saronno Post Office
Via Varese 130
DECEMBER 17, 2022 |
JANUARY 21, 2023
INAUGURATION Saturday 17 December
2022 at 10.00
hours | from Monday to Friday
8.30 - 18.30 | Saturday 10.00 – 12.00
info | maggiruggero@gmail.com
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