Mail art no. 76

mail art

Mail art, created by Carlos Montes de Oca, consists of a two-sided brown mailing envelope with its front and back decorated with stickers, rubber stamp ink, and brown tape. Inside the envelope are two one-sided photocopy sheets decorated with rubber stamp ink, black and red writing, stickers and found objects. The first of the two sheets is a collage combining comic-style illustrations, printed stamps, and text including “Posta Postal Art,” “AIRMAIL,” and “Youth → 92,” featuring overlapping black-and-white imagery and several rubber stamps from Carlos Montes de Oca in Santiago, Chile. The second sheet within the envelope is a collage featuring a halftone image of a person with an open mouth, the word “Youth” in red text, and multiple “Posta Postal Art” stamps. A smaller label at the bottom reads “Mail Art Chile” with silhouettes of two standing figures and circular stamps from Carlos Montes de Oca, Santiago, Chile. Mail art recipient: Luce Fierens.

Montes de Oca, Carlos, 1960-

State University of New York at Buffalo. Poetry Collection

State University of New York at Buffalo. University Libraries

1992

Basinski, Michael

Fierens, Luce

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Mail Art Luce Fierens Box #

MA0076

2006-02-17

2006-05-25

Mail art. LIB-PC-001

12 x 22 cm.

envelopes

collages (visual works)

stickers

photocopies

postage stamps