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Subject: !! A first ever exhibition !! BLASTER,
The art of Blaster Al Ackerman, 1972 - 2002 at CHELA
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BLASTER
The art of Blaster Al Ackerman, 1972-2002
See our website for more information and contributor bios:
http://www.chelagallery.org
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November 7th, 2002 thru December 1st, 2002
Opening on Thursday, November 7, 2002, 7pm
Gallery Hours: Saturday, Sunday 1-5pm
CHELA, 3500 Boston Street, #210, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Spread the word! A FIRST EVER exhibition that focuses on the visual
and textual art work of the incredibly influential, Baltimore-based
artist/writer Blaster Al Ackerman.
(Read a recent article, by Eric Allen Hatch about Blaster in the
Baltimore City Paper's "Best of Baltimore" issue
http://www.citypaper.com/current/bob_ae.html).
The exhibition will display almost 3 decades, and over 300 pieces from
Blaster's paintings, Xeroxed drawings, collaged envelopes, hand-drawn
and , sketches, postcards, and zine cover illustrations. Much of the
work displayed comes from Blaster's involvement with the Mail Art
Network, a largely underground, experimental, artform that begin in
the late 1960s with Ray Johnson's "New York Correspondence School"
and continues through the present.
MAJOR CONTRIBUTORS to the exhibition come from all over the world and
from all genres of visual art, performance, writing, and music, they
include: Vittore Baroni (Italy), Andre Stitt (Wales), John M. Bennett
(OH), John Held, Jr.(CA), Darlene Altschul (CA), David Greenberger
(NY), "Eerie" Billy Haddock (OR), John Berndt (Baltimore, MD), Inex
(NYC), Rupert Wondolowski (Baltimore, MD)
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Dr. John M. Bennett
Curator, Avant Writing Collection
Rare Books & Manuscripts Library
The Ohio State University Libraries
1858 Neil Av Mall
Columbus, OH 43210 USA
(614) 292-8114
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