Mail art show at Smithsonian Museum of American Art (Washington, DC): Ray Johnson - Richard Canard, Ryosuke Cohen (Braincell), John Held Jr., Liz Was, Anna Banana more!

This great article with pics is circulating about a mail art show at the Smithsonian:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/collaborativ...

Included is a Ray Johnson piece to our own Richard Canard (Richard C) (Richard in the Smithsonian!?), John Evans, Anna Banana, Ryosuke Cohen of Braincell (there is an issue of BC), our own John Held Jr.

Of special interest is a Festival of the Swamps piece by Miekal And & Liz Was (Lyx Ish) - great unusual piece.

Check it out!!!

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Comment by De Villo Sloan on August 6, 2018 at 11:18pm: Here's a link via John Held with more info on the Smithsonian mail art exhibit.

Work by Blaster Al Ackerman, Carl Andre (concrete poet), Guy Bleus, Ry Nikonova, Lucy Lippard. Appears to be stellar gathering across generations.

https://www.aaa.si.edu/exhibitions/pushing-the-envelope/media-matters

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