AN INTERNATIONAL MAIL ART EXHIBITION CELEBRATING:
• The Life and Work of the Father of Mail Art, Ray Johnson
• The First "A Book About Death" exhibition in 2009, curated by Matthew Rose
• The 28 Worldwide ABAD shows that followed over the past 10 years
• The Thousands of International Mail Artists brought together by the ABAD Project
Monday, July 29, 2019
075 / Rosalie Gancie / USA
Rosalie writes: I read that Ray Johnson was careful in writing the letter forms he used, but that he was also open to other interpretations of the forms, which kept the work & meaning 'alive'. So I tried to 'read' his ABAD title page with an eye to what other interpretations might be suggested there.
Sunday, July 28, 2019
071 / Mara Thompson / USA
Mara was curator of ABAD at the Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles, CA in 2009.
www.mythmara.com
067 / Virginia Milici / Italy
Virginia was curator of "Um Livro Sulla Morte Omaggio a Ray Johnson" in Treviso, Italy in 2011.
www.virginiamilici.org
Thursday, July 25, 2019
VIDEO SUBMISSION / Karen Alekyan / Armenia
This is from Karen Alekyan's video made especially for this show. It is entitled "What is the Death?"
VIDEO SUBMISSION / AnnMarie Tornabene / France, USA
This is from AnnMarie Tornabene's performance video made especially for this show. It is entitled "A Gentle Death."
Wednesday, July 24, 2019
Friday, July 12, 2019
062 / Joan Harrison / USA
Joan was co-curator of "Ray Johnson and ABAD" at the C.W. Post Campus of LIU, Greenvale, NY in 2010.
058 / Berty Skuber / Italy
The new card above for ABAD 2019 is a twin postcard (named "Another Found Metal Snake by Ray Johnson") to “Moon,” Berty's card in the original 2009 ABAD, below.
From Berty:
As you perhaps know, Henry and I have been friends of Ray ....I have done many correspondence pieces with him ...part of them are now at the Museum MUMOK – Wien ....together with Henry’s correspondence of many years.
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