Haven't gone through all the references or looked at the Mail Art Encyclopedia site yet but that is a thoughtful and well researched piece... very good.
There is a little irony in many artists and the fact that the Art World is probably the "purest" form of capitalism that exists... because it is the least controlled. Many of the artists including myself would see some for of socialism as the preferred principle of governance. [although I think most would prefer a mixed system of socialism & capitalism... in reality there probably cannot be a "pure" form of either system.. IMO] I guess I've thought of Mail Art as a form of attack on the sale of art & the gallery system... But it also seems like it is a case of having one's cake and eating it too... the artist can make "Mail Art" and works that have larger economic intentions at the same time. Some of the earliest Mail Art I ever saw was in fact a form of communication between artists and their gallery [& friends] Will check out the references and links thanks ed ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Something is new at Yahoo! Groups. Check out the enhanced email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/co.u8A/gOaOAA/Zx0JAA/fuDrlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mailinglist from Sztuka Fabryka http://www.sztuka-fabryka.be/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ma-network/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
