Mail art no. 89

mail art

Two-sided mail art postcard on yellow cardstock that features a black ink illustration, with multiple collage-style stamps on the front and a handwritten address with an affixed U.S. postage stamp with the image of a deer on the back. The front side, printed in black ink, combines text, comic fragments, and abstract illustrations of faces with stitched mouths. Prominent text reads “Ray’s Johnson Creeps!!,” “FaGaGaGa,” and “METANET CONGRESS 1992.” The background includes cutout text and a comic panel with the words “What a wizard car!” The reverse side has handwritten text reading, “why does our dog have to wear a winter coat, fur too, all summer? M,” addressed to John M. Bennett at 137 Leland, Columbus, OH 43214. It includes printed elements with logos for “FaGaGaGa,” “Fluxus West,” and “N.E.O.N.I.C.S.,” a Youngstown, Ohio postmark dated July 1, 1991. Mail art recipient: John M. Bennett.

FaGaGaGa

State University of New York at Buffalo. Poetry Collection

State University of New York at Buffalo. University Libraries

1991

Basinski, Michael

Bennett, John M.

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Mail Art John M. Bennett Box #

MA0089

2006-02-24

2006-05-26

Mail art. LIB-PC-001

10 x 12 cm.

paper (fiber product)

collages (visual works)

postcards

postage stamps