Géza Perneczky - Ruud Janssen

colored carbon paper. This time addresses are legible but fake. The trip from Argentina
or Madagascar and back to Diotallevi in Italy is recorded in foreign postmarks,
handwritten scribbles, and various random imprints from postal processing
machines. Akin to the accumulation of barnacles on a ship's hull or the making of
wax rubbings, the work deals with direct, physical transfer.
Both projects examine the process of mail and its becoming art. They are
gauges of elaborate incredibly intricate distribution institutions. While for most the
mail is a matter of licking a stamp, dropping it in the slot and waiting for the post
person, for Diotallevi it is about the marvel of movement and journay. He's sizing it
all up with conceptual and graphic flair.»
(Lightworks [→ Burch], Postscript, N° 19, Winter 1988-89, 56 p.)
Artist Profiles: Marcello Diorallevi. In: Artistamp News (→ Banana). Vol. 4, # 2.
October 1994.
^Marcello Venturoli: Marcello Diotallevi – Opere dal 1978 al 1996. Catalogue.
(About „letters“, artists' postage stamps, xerographical activities, visual and
concrete poems, etc. Italian / English) 20x20 cm., offset / colour, 20 p. Galleria
d'Arte la Borgognona, October 2-19, 1996. Roma
Vittore → Baroni: Marcello Diotallevi. In: Arte Postale. Guida al network della
corrispondenza creativa. (Text: Italian) AAA Ed. Bertiolo, 1997. 70-71 p.
^Dmitry → Bulatov: A Point of View. Visual Poetry: The 90s. An Anthology. With
over 500 illustrations on 592 p., Russian. Ed. Simplicii. Kaliningrad, 1998. 269 p.
^Marcello Diotallevi. C’arte d’artista, grafica e libro d’artista. 21x16 cm. colour
offset, 20 p. + cover. Publ. by the Giada Galleria d’Arte, Fano to Diotallevi’s
exhibition in May, 2000.
^James W. → Felter: Artistamps / Francobolli d’artista. Monography in Italian
and English. AAA Edizioni. Bertiolo, 2000. 96-97 p.
About Diotallevi's Mail Art /Copy Art:
^Letters from Kythera, too. Cat.: Text: Suzel Berneron. 21,5x15,5 cm., offset, 16 p.
Stamp Art Gallery. February 1-29, 1996. San Francisco
^Marcello Diotallevi – Mail Art. Cat.: Text by Carlo Melloni, Italian / English.
11x22 cm., horz. offset, 16 p. L'Idioma, Centro d'Arte. April 19 - May 13,
1997. Ascoli Piceno I-63100
About Kite-designs:
^Fiabe al vento / Fairy-Tales to Wind. Cat.: Text by Giorgio di Genova, Italian /
English. 22,5x10 cm., offset / colour, 44 p. Studio d'Ars, April 20 - May 8,
1995. Milano
^Fiabe al vento / Fairy-Tales to Wind. Cat.: Text by Suzel Berneron, Italian /
English. 15,5x11,5 cm., offset / colour, 24 p. «Il Gabbiano», Circolo Culturale,
September 30 - October 19, 1995. La Spezia I-19100
^Fiabe al vento & Lettere da Kythera. Text by Rita Olivieri, Italian / English.
21x10 cm., offset, 8 p. Art Now Galleria, October 11-30, 1997. Capua CE
DiPalma, Ray 226 West 21st Street #4-R. New York, NY-10011 USA 1978
°Tux. (Orig. rub. stamps, 16 p.) 1977
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^10 Cards. (Hand stamped cards in cover) S. P. 1977
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^10 Pyramides (10 hand made paper sheets of 18x12 cm. hand stamped and bound ®
with cover of 19x14 cm.) S. P. 1977
^Quatrageous Modesty. (10 sheets of digest size + covers, handwriting, handstamped) ®
New York, n.d. (1970s)