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Art: Source Book for the Network of International Postal Art Activity is the first major anthology to document primary activity and literature on the subject of correspondence art.
It is the second volume in the series, Contemporary Documents, devoted to the examination of postmodern theories and activities, Correspondence Art includes essays by leading artists and historians in the field, statements by major artists, numerous illustrations of artworks, bibliography, and appendices including a glossary to the multitude of aliases used by artists in the network.
The anthology is divided into four sections: definition, origins, emergence, and exhibitions and publications,

Correspondence art, an ongoing artists communication system, includes participants throughout the world who have formed an international postal network to exchange art information and original artworks.
First used sporadically by the Dada and Futurist artists in the early twentieth century,

correspondence art has expanded since thes to become a major international art activity.
Artists involved in correspondence use a variety of means to send art through the mails, including artistproduced postcards, postage stamps, broadsides, “zines,” drawings, collage, rubber stamps, found images, and color xerox.
As a contemporary art activity based on the interactive flow of ideas and information, correspondence artists have produced an abundance of materials which are basic to their art exchange.


Correspondence Art: Source Book for the Network of International Postal Art Activity is the first comprehensive anthology to offer an historical overview as well as primary documentation and artworks produced by artists.
Correspondence Art is an indispensable source book for artists, educators, students, and researchers interested in major forms of contemporary art,

Contributors: : Ken Friedman, Dick Higgins, Ulises Carrion, Judith A, Hoffberg, Marily Ekdahl Ravicz, JeanMarc Poinsot, Thomas Cassidy, Milan Knizak, Klaus Groh, Kenneth CouttsSmith, Richard Craven, A, M. Fine, Tomas Schmit, Thomas Albright, Anna Banana, Andrzej Partum, Stephan Kukowski, Robert Reehfeldt, Steve Hitchcock, EdgardoAntonio Vigo, Geoffrey Cook, Gaglione, C, E. Loeffler, Ken Friedman, Georg M, Gugelberger, James Warren Felter, and Peter Frank, Michael Crane is an indie author and scribbler of inane babble that can sometimes end up as stories, He went to Columbia College Chicago where he earned a BA in Fiction Writing and drank way too many Red Bulls, He is the author of IN DECLINE and LESSONS AND OTHER MORBID DRABBLES, and he also mightve written two books while he was in high school, but they are absolutely dreadful and he cautions people to stay far, far away from them.
He lives in Illinois and is always trying to work on something new, unless hes battling stupid writers block, Michael Crane is an indie author and scribbler of inane babble that can sometimes end up as stories, He went to Columbia College Chicago where he earned a BA in Fiction Writing and drank way too many Red Bulls, He is the author of IN DECLINE and LESSONS AND OTHER MORBID DRABBLES, and he also might've written two books while he was in high school, but they are absolutely dreadful and he cautions people to stay far, far away from them.
He lives in Illinois and is always trying to work on something new, unless he's battling stupid writer's block, sitelink.