find out what it is meant to be. Of course time
changes things and I am certain that Dragonfly will do
whatever she decides to do and do it well. I support
her even if I do not flow with the plan.
--- Tamara Wyndham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Actually, I am not taking a hard-line position that
> *thou shall not sell mail art.* Just to think over
> what you are doing exactly and what it means.
>
> I have been posting regularly various postcard
> benefits where handmade postcards are sold and the
> money given to charity. Mail artists have not been
> complaininng about this kind of selling of mail art.
>
> However, Dragonfly has stated clearly that she does
> NOT want to sell the mail art.
>
> Very well, but then you have to sell something else.
>
> Why is it OK to sell one kind of art and not another
> kind of art. If an artist makes something, and sends
> it to Dragonfly, knowing the intention is to sell
> it,
> and share the profit with the artist, why is that
> different than anything else she would sell?
>
> Participating in mail art myself has made me think
> over some of these questions and I can't say I have
> any clear answers. I am not starting a gallery
> either,
> so I am not on the hot wire!
>
> One thing that mail art has taught me, ironically,
> is
> to appreciate selling my work. When I send my mail
> art
> out to anyone, I have no idea if they will want it,
> will like it, or what they will do with it. They
> could
> easily destroy it. That limits me on how much time
> and
> effort I am willing to put into a mail art piece,
> knowing that whoever gets it, even someone with a
> call, even someone I have corresponded with before,
> might destroy it. Or alter it in a way that would
> not
> please me. I am not going to mail out an oil
> painting
> in archivial materials that I spent 2000 hours
> on!!!!
>
> So the trick in mail art is to make something simple
> and witty or interesting that doesn't take so many
> hours that my heart will break if they throw it out.
> I
> try to make something of QUALITY, but of a certain
> level.
>
> However, when someone offers me MONEY for art that I
> make, then I know that that persone really WANTS my
> art. They are not going to buy my art and then throw
> it in the trash. They want my art because they love
> the art. And that is the BEST reason for someone to
> have my art.
>
> If I were famous, the problem might be that they
> want
> to buy my art for investment purposes, and not
> because
> they love the art. However, I am far from famous, so
> that is not my problem.
>
> I don't mean to be giving Dragonfly a hard time as
> much as I find these questions interesting. So
> forgive
> me, Dragonfly. But I do hope you find these
> questions
> worth pondering.
>
> What do you think of the museum idea, btw?
>
> - T
>
>
> --- ma-network@yahoogroups.com wrote:
>
> From: "LaVona Sherarts" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Date: Sat May 13, 2006 11:33am(PDT)
> Subject: Re: mail art gallery?
>
> I agree with Tamara. I wouldn't want to sell my mail
> art. It is a contribution to the people in the mail
> art world and others, No Judge, no jury. LaVona
>
> --- Tamara Wyndham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Hello Dragonfly,
> > > I trust that you have good intentions.
> > > You know of course, there's this tradition of
> > art and money don't mix" - and I'm sure others
> here
> > are mor knowledgeable about the original context
> and
> > evolution of that saying.
> > > The biggest problem I see, is that mail artists
> have
> > sent you art for free as a gift, and now you are
> > selling it. If you sell it, you could (and should)
> > send part of the profit to the artist. But still
> you
> > are changing the nature of the original intention.
> > And
> > people will start sending you piles of postcards
> and
> > such hoping you will sell it. I imagine that
> artists
> > who would never send their work out for free would
> > become interested in sending to your gallery.
> > > Another thing is that you will probably notice
> that
> > some kinds of mail art will sell better than
> others
> > and in order to pay the rent you will be
> pressured
> > to
> > favor the kind that sells.
> > > Is all this 'wrong"? Perhaps not necessarily,
> but
> it
> > makes it something else than the traditional
> > not-for-sale mail art show.
> > > I believe Ray Johnson's gripe was that he gave
> his
> > mail art for free as a gift and people started to
> > sell
> > it for lots of $$ when he became famous. However,
> > Ray
> > did sell his art; and he made art specifically to
> be
> > shown and sold in galleries. I don't think he ever
> > sold any mail art, that was seperate. Correct me
> if
> > I
> > am wrong, anyone.
> > > Another idea I've seen is to open a museum and
> > charge
> > an admission fee. I haven't seen it with mail art
> > yet,
> > but I have seen it with other types of quirky
> > collections. You'd have to make a great display,
> not
> > only of quality mail art, but how it is arranged
> and
> > lit. Then you'd need to get alot of publicity out
> in
> > your area for locals and tourists to come visit.
> > > Good luck!
> > > - T
>
>
>
>
>
> Tamara Wyndham
>
> http://www.tamarawyndham.com
>
> We have convictions only if we have studied nothing
> thoroughly.
> -- E.M. Cioran, The Trouble With Being Born
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