I trust that you have good intentions.
You know of course, there's this tradition of "mail
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
--- ma-network@yahoogroups.com wrote:
From: "Alice Kitselman" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri May 12, 2006 11:08am(PDT)
Subject: mail art gallery?
Hi folks, had a wonderful dream last night. In it I
was speaking to
some friends about mail art and had pulled out a ton
of examples. I'd
arranged them into piles that represented old calls
that I did, piles
of artistamps, artist books, all kinds of stuff. Then
I thought about
that fact that there doesn't seem to be a place that
folks can
actually go and see mail art except for the internet
and the
occasional show that someone puts together here and
there. So in my
semi dream state I thought about the possibility of
actually trying
to open a mail art gallery. The of course I thought
about how in the
world would one finance such a place. After all I'd
have to pay rent
somewhere. So I got to thinking well, open it along
with a gallery of
my art. Well, shoot, who would buy that? Well, my
boyfriend is
convince my art would sell. But still, rent....so I
thought about
selling mail artist's stuff. Ummmm, would folks want
to come to a mail art gallery? I could have revolving
shows of other collectors mail art/archives.
What do you think???
Dragonfly Dream
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