Comments - Conceptual Mail Art by Stephen Perkins (Madison, Wisconsin, USA) - International Union of Mail-Artists2024-03-29T06:28:05Zhttp://iuoma-network.ning.com/profiles/comment/feed?attachedTo=2496677%3ABlogPost%3A2232743&xn_auth=no(Sorry, had to get some typos…tag:iuoma-network.ning.com,2018-07-20:2496677:Comment:22328942018-07-20T19:09:23.824ZDe Villo Sloanhttp://iuoma-network.ning.com/profile/DeVilloSloan
<p>(Sorry, had to get some typos out of the previous draft.)</p>
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<p>For complete disclosure, I am also adding (as other correspondents know) that our own Richard C is a mail art activist in "The Resistance" that is certainly a force in the current network.</p>
<p> Contemporary folks, I think, assume a network that is more aesthetic than activist. But all this Trump protest is a reminder that the network historically has been very political and Leftist. In the 80s you had Marxists but…</p>
<p>(Sorry, had to get some typos out of the previous draft.)</p>
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<p>For complete disclosure, I am also adding (as other correspondents know) that our own Richard C is a mail art activist in "The Resistance" that is certainly a force in the current network.</p>
<p> Contemporary folks, I think, assume a network that is more aesthetic than activist. But all this Trump protest is a reminder that the network historically has been very political and Leftist. In the 80s you had Marxists but the real action was among Anarchists!</p>
<p>I have studied Marx, social realism, and revolutionary art (France, Russia, China blah blah) and personally I have great reservations concerning "political art" or how effective it might be in the current milieu. But the fact that two mail art legends - Richard C and Stephen Perkins - are engaging in these art actions is worth a blog or two.</p>
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/51230006?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="750" class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/51230006?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024"/></a><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/51229977?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="750" class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/51229977?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024"/></a></p> Hi Richard, I've relayed to S…tag:iuoma-network.ning.com,2018-07-20:2496677:Comment:22328002018-07-20T18:47:48.648ZDe Villo Sloanhttp://iuoma-network.ning.com/profile/DeVilloSloan
<p>Hi Richard, I've relayed to Stephen Perkins how much you like his cards.</p>
<p>My commentary and selection of scans probably <em>does</em> reflect a "critical bias" that so many artists fear. I am interested in and thus emphasize Perkins' conceptualism. And apparently you, Richard, recognize his achievement as a conceptualist.</p>
<p>BUT I can only present a fair "reading" of the work if I make sure to explain that when looking at all 35 cards Perkins is passionately communicating an…</p>
<p>Hi Richard, I've relayed to Stephen Perkins how much you like his cards.</p>
<p>My commentary and selection of scans probably <em>does</em> reflect a "critical bias" that so many artists fear. I am interested in and thus emphasize Perkins' conceptualism. And apparently you, Richard, recognize his achievement as a conceptualist.</p>
<p>BUT I can only present a fair "reading" of the work if I make sure to explain that when looking at all 35 cards Perkins is passionately communicating an anti-Donald Trump message that branches out into individual issues of racism, gun control, etc. I focus on binary word structures that are more abstract than ideological. But this is definitely intended to be political art. Almost to a point of wrecklessness. Conceptual and political art are not usually connected (someone correct me if you disagree.) Although our avant garde today evolved from revolutionary art. Look at Russian art at the beginning of the 20th century, for instance.</p>
<p>Thx RC</p>
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<p>Here are a few additional scans to broaden the view:</p>
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<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/51229985?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="750" class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/51229985?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024"/></a></p> 19.0718 Dare Mister De Villo…tag:iuoma-network.ning.com,2018-07-20:2496677:Comment:22327752018-07-20T02:23:00.413ZRichard Canardhttp://iuoma-network.ning.com/profile/RichardCanard
<p>19.0718 Dare Mister De Villo Sloan & Mister Stephen Perkins, This Conceptual Artist covers practically everything in 35 cards & you, Mister De Villo S. help make it all palatable & reasonable comfortable. A few were beyond my limited cognitive powers but enough to be stirring. Thanx for posting...this is quality stuff. SinCelery, Richard C.</p>
<p>19.0718 Dare Mister De Villo Sloan & Mister Stephen Perkins, This Conceptual Artist covers practically everything in 35 cards & you, Mister De Villo S. help make it all palatable & reasonable comfortable. A few were beyond my limited cognitive powers but enough to be stirring. Thanx for posting...this is quality stuff. SinCelery, Richard C.</p>