Analog Network: Mail Art, 1960–1999

Oct 1–Dec 10, 2014

MoMA

Paulo Bruscky. 2005
  • Education Center, Mezzanine, Theater 3 The Celeste Bartos Theater

Mail art—broadly defined as artists’ postal communication—emerged in the early 1960s from Fluxus, Nouveau Réalisme, and Conceptual art practices and expanded into a decentralized, global network. This exhibition traces the growth of correspondence networks, shows politically oriented works, documents discourse about the practice, and concludes with mail artists’ adaptation to the Internet.

The exhibition is organized by Jennifer Tobias, Reader Services Librarian, MoMA Library.

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