At Least Jimmy Connors Loves Me (Berlin, Germany)

[De Villo Sloan]

Mail art by IUOMA member Jimmy Connors (Berlin, Germany)

 

June 14, 2018 - Do not misunderstand: I like Jimmy Connors’ mail art and I am thrilled he sends it to me (a lot of it, in fact). But who the hell is Jimmy Connors? Can anyone elaborate?

I tend to know networkers, but Jimmy Connors is a total mystery. And with all the fake identities, I (in a paranoid way) am not sure Jimmy Conners is Jimmy Conners. You know? Anyway, here is a quick gloss of work the ever-faithful Jimmy Connors has been sending over the months.

Jimmy Connors tends to send post-card size collage. Here’s a more structured look at some of the pieces:

 

 

 

Mail art by Jimmy Connors (Berlin, Germany)

 

 

 

 

But Jimmy Connors sends larger pieces as well. This piece seems to be Trashpo (aka DKUNST) because the envelope is filled with a lot of scrap material. The envelope is very interesting:

 

Mail art by IUOMA member Jimmy Connors (Berlin, Germany)

 

 

 

Mail art by Jimmy Connors (Berlin, Germany)

 

 

 

 

Deepest thanks to Jimmy Connors!

[De Villo Sloan]

And barbargirl, I believe you are discovering mail art is full of mysteries, mysteries within mysteries.

It's much better that mysteries concerning Jimmy Connors are solved. We don't want to make him a myth or rumor if not deserved.

The next mystery, I am sure, is right around the bend...

[De Villo Sloan]

Dear Richard, Nancy, barbargirl, William, Caroline, I'm glad I could bring the work of Jimmy Connors to your attention. At least I achieved something worthwhile. He is a very fine artist and I should add an accepted member of IUOMA.

I appreciate that some of the finest network minds have applied themselves to some "investigative mail art" and solved any mysteries concerning Jimmy. My question really was, I guess, how could I have overlooked such a fine artist?

I will add: I note in the work of Jimmy Connors a use of MinXus iconography. Very pronounced, it seems to me, Apparently I am mistaken and this is a coincidence; that's possible. But any unidentified m-a from France or Germany immediately causes me to consider lingering agents of Minxus. I have good reason for this but will not disclose the particulars. However, Jimmy stands absolved.

[barbargirl]

Darn. I love a good mystery. This one was solved too soon.

[Nancy Bell Scott]

Update: I've learned from IUOMA members who exchange mail art with him that Jimmy Connors is a non-mysterious IUOMA member in good standing--so we have no mystery here. He is Mr. F. Schneider, who uses the name Jimmy Connors for his Berlin post box:

jimmy connors
Postfach 100749
10567 Berlin
Germany

A few IUOMA blogs a while ago mentioned a problem with returned mail art, but the confusion at his Berlin post office was cleared up, so ... onward. Nice collage cards, Jimmy Connors!

[Nancy Bell Scott]

What Richard said, but to be honest I'd have to add this to "admire" if I said it:   "and am apt to be susceptible to." Speaking in first-person only! Thankgod it's the weekend, can I stop editing now? Yep.

 

[Richard Canard]

15.06.18 Dare Mister De Villo Sloan & Mister Jimmy Connor, ... I admire habitual, enduring mysteries.   SinCelery, Richard Canard