{"product_id":"carrion-ulises-rubber-stamped-letter-three-postcards-with-notes-gossip-scandal-good-manners-invitation-artists-book-signed-1981-1985","title":"Carrión, Ulises - Rubber-stamped letter, three postcards with notes + Gossip, Scandal \u0026 Good Manners invitation \u0026 artists' book (Signed) (1981\/1985)","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eUlises \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eCarrión.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eRubber-stamped letter, three postcards with notes + Gossip, Scandal \u0026amp; Good Manners invitation \u0026amp; artists' book. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAmsterdam: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUlises Carrión \/ Other Books and So Archive, 1981\/1985. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003ePostcards, flyer, staple-bound softcover. \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan\u003eVery good. \u003cbr\u003eMinor toning, edgewear and creasing. One letter and one postcard have stamps and postage marks. Handwritten addresses. Gossip flyer has three small unobtrusive closed tears. Gossip, Scandal and Good Manners has center horizontal fold for mailing. \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eScarce and mostly unique correspondence, ephemera and an artists' book detailing the establishment of contact, admiration, trading of work and inclusion in exhibitions between two figures of the seventies\/ eighties mail art world. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e1. A letter from Ulises Carrión to Smegma magazine publisher Torrid Zone Igloo (a.k.a Alex Igloo a.k.a Alex Hirka) complimenting Torrid's postcards then on view, in 1981, at the ICC (International Cultural Center) in Antwerp and asking for more of the same for the Other Books and So Archive. This letter bears a subtle and cute rubber-stamped design encompassing the majority of its surface. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e2. An Other Books and So Archive postcard with a rubber stamp of an oval containing Carrión's face and the news that Alex's work will be included in a show of Xerox at the University of Utrecht. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e3. Carrión's \u003cem\u003eMultiple Choice\u003c\/em\u003e artists' postcard thanking Alex for the inspiring mail and informing him that the magazine Ephemera isn't published anymore. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e4. The \"\u003cem\u003eI-want-to-be-in-your-catalogue-no-matter-what-the-theme-of-your-project-is\u003c\/em\u003e\" card by U. Carrión with the printed return address crossed out and replaced with Carrión's home address \u003cem\u003eTen Katestraat 53 \u003c\/em\u003eand a note informing Alex of a visit to New York in 1985. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e5. Flyer in Dutch and English promoting Carrión's lecture Gossip, Scandal and Good Manners. Also featured are two photographs of Carrión, a brief biography and a recommended literature list. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e6. The eight page artists' book Gossip, Scandal, and Good Manners produced by \u003cspan\u003eStichting De Appel in 1981 in an edition of 200 to accompany Carrión's lecture of the same name which took place on the 25th of June in 1981. \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Born in San Andres Tuxtla, Veracruz, Mexico, in 1941, Carrión emigrated to Amsterdam in 1972 and joined a dynamic multinational community of artists pushing the boundaries of artistic practices. He eschewed conventional galleries and museums in favor of collaborative “artist-run spaces” such as his own bookstore-gallery Other Books and So. Carrión also became heavily involved in mail art, a participatory and network-driven practice rooted in the exchange of artworks through the postal system and premised on questions of authorship and originality, that was also an important avenue of communication for artists living in countries governed by authoritarian regimes. Carrión’s community-driven practice fostered extensive cross-cultural exchange between experimental artists working in Latin America and Europe.” –Princeton University Library\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Fenrick Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48098028257505,"sku":null,"price":2500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0532\/3787\/4867\/files\/IMG_4772.jpg?v=1774415290","url":"https:\/\/fenrickbooks.com\/products\/carrion-ulises-rubber-stamped-letter-three-postcards-with-notes-gossip-scandal-good-manners-invitation-artists-book-signed-1981-1985","provider":"Fenrick Books LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}