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Japan AU Mail Art Book I.
by (MAIL ART)
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About This Item
Many black & white illus. 199 pp. & colophon. 4to, pictorial softcover, title on spine. Hyogo, Japan: Self-published, 1982.
The first volume (of three) of an important Japanese compendium of global mail art. AU - known as either Artists' Union or Art Unidentified - was a Japanese artists' organization that coordinated the earliest large-scale exhibitions of mail art in Japan. In 1976, former Gutai member Shimamoto became the head of AU. By 1982, when the first volume was published, the group had hosted a number of mail art exhibitions featuring contributions from practitioners around the world. Japan soon became a hotbed for the Eternal Network, thanks to the efforts of Shimamoto, Ryosuke Cohen, Misao Kumamoto, and many others.
In fine condition. With a laid-in postcard, mailed to Carol Stetser, requesting mail art contributions for the next volume.
The first volume (of three) of an important Japanese compendium of global mail art. AU - known as either Artists' Union or Art Unidentified - was a Japanese artists' organization that coordinated the earliest large-scale exhibitions of mail art in Japan. In 1976, former Gutai member Shimamoto became the head of AU. By 1982, when the first volume was published, the group had hosted a number of mail art exhibitions featuring contributions from practitioners around the world. Japan soon became a hotbed for the Eternal Network, thanks to the efforts of Shimamoto, Ryosuke Cohen, Misao Kumamoto, and many others.
In fine condition. With a laid-in postcard, mailed to Carol Stetser, requesting mail art contributions for the next volume.
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- Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller, Inc.
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- Title
- Japan AU Mail Art Book I.
- Author
- (MAIL ART)
- Book Condition
- Used
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- 1
- Keywords
- Shozo Shimamoto, mail art, correspondence art, Eternal Network, Brain Cell
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