Mail art no. 88

mail art

Mail art white collage-style postcard, created by Haddock, with a rubber ink stamped illustration in black and white of two children framed by twelve identical barcode stickers. The text between the barcodes reads “This is not art." The postcard back consists of a cartoon-style illustrated address to the mail art recipient John M. Bennett of Columbus, Ohio with the text handwritten in turquoise ink. It is decorated by three cartoon figures in black ink with stylized, exaggerated features. One character holds a sign at the center framing the recipient's name and address while the others stand beside it. A thought bubble and hand-drawn stamps are arranged around the mailing label layout. The upper left includes the sender’s handwritten information: “The Haddock, 1026 N.W. 20th #1, Portland, OR 97210.” A 15-cent Buffalo Bill Cody postage stamp is affixed in the upper right and postmarked “Portland OR, May 18, 1990.” Additional elements decorating the postcard back are rubber-stamped illustrations, including an extended middle finger in purple ink, the text “ART MAGGOTS 1990,” and an orange sticker with a smiling face. Mail art recipient: John M. Bennett.

Haddock

State University of New York at Buffalo. Poetry Collection

State University of New York at Buffalo. University Libraries

1990

Basinski, Michael

Bennett, John M.

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Mail Art John M. Bennett Box #

MA0088

2006-02-24

2006-05-26

Mail art. LIB-PC-001

11 x 14 cm.

postcards

paper (fiber product)

cartoons (humorous images)

rubber stamps

postage stamps

collages (visual works)