From mail art to high art

[xx Jones]

I came across this article about the Peter Liversidge and his exhibition a couple of years ago. Artist Peter Liversidge sends unwrapped items covered in postage st...

I am not sure if any one of you saw it or saw the exhibition, but I thought I put it out here - I would like to know what you think!

[xx Jones]

Thank you for your comment Richard, so what you are saying is, even if it has been done before, he did it beautifully. That makes sense.

Also, the objects he chooses are beautiful and well made in their own right, it seems, these wooden brushes and rulers. 

I have a friend, who sells these hand made wooden brushed and brooms, made by blind people, for an NGO on markets. hmm ....

[Richard Canard]

10.11.18 Dare Ms. xx Jones, yeah, .............. it 's been done a thousand times before but Mister Peter Liversidge  does a neat job & covers the subject (whatever it happens to be) thoroughly & literally. "Mail Art " covers a large territory In time, space & subject. Thanx for posting,  it is a treat to see. I think that may be an important factor ...it is always new for someone.    Over the years I've seen new postage atop sheets of old postage , Warholesque Soup Cans in the mail & tid-bits of etc., etc. &  even the reverse (i.e.  a "brick" mysteriously covered by the large envelope & marked by postal officials as  "POSTAGE DUE".  SinCelery,  Richard Canard

[Ruud Janssen]

I paint the complete cover of an enveloppe, so no 1,5 cm is left at all......

[xx Jones]

Yes,

the cost for sending objects would probably be huge today, I should make some enquiries. 

Recently the postal clerk pointed out to me that if the bottom 1,5 cm of a letter are not blank, the letter cannot be machine read. He seemed not happy with my letters and checked them with a ruler. 

[Ruud Janssen]

[Ruud Janssen]

In the 80-ies this happened more often because the postal office and workers weren't automated that much. Remember sending objects through the mail frequently.

sample somethig received in Tilburg:

[Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat)]

Fantastic...the postage stamps are a work of art!

Reminds me of the mail art from Artist in Seine from Paris,

when Dean would send items "naked" and they really got delivered.

[Gü]

I like it! I visited a cool hair salon in London that had received some of his post and had it on display.

[xx Jones]

I agree, these stamps with the queen are such classics and make the mailings visually so interesting.

[Debra Mulnick]

I am in love with this image!  The colorful nature of these UK stamps is really shown off well here.

Very inspiring - thanks for sharing it!!!!