Re: (",) Re: mail art gallery?

Sat, 13 May 2006 11:33:34 -0700

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 "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
>
>
> --- [email protected] 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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