Mail Art Periodicals - MoMA

Vol. 2, No. 2 (January 1984). Offset. 10 3/4"x8 1/4". 23 pages.
Review of the "Mail Etc., Art" catalog issued jointly by the University of Colorado,
The Tyler School of Art, and Florida State University." Special "Dialogue" section
features "Mail Artists on Mail Art." included are articles by Robert C. Morgan,
"Stamp Art is not (Necessarily) Mail Art," and Chuck Welch on "Injury by Jury."
Kihm Winship (USA) corresponds and submits an article found in the "Chicago
Tribune." Article on Printed Matter bookstore, New York, New York.
Vol. 2, No. 3 (April 1984). Offset. 10 3/4"x8 1/4". 31 pages.
"International Mail Art Exhibit at Franklin Furnace in New York," by Franklinstein.
"Interview with Matthew Hogan, Curator/Archivist for Franklin Furnace," by
Franklinstein. "Mail Art Events." Artists Talk on Art Mail Art Series discussed by
Franklinstein in "The Global network." Melody Hope Stein contributes, "Return to
Ray Johnson." Letter to the editor by Cracker Jack Kid (USA), and the article, "It
ain't (Necessarily) So, Mr. Morgan: A Mail Art Rebuttal."
Vol. 2, No. 4 (July 1984). Offset. 10 3/4"x8 1/4". 31 pages. "Mail Art
Dialogue" by Franklinstein, is "a response to the recent 'mail art' exhibition held
at the Franklin Furnace in Soho, New York City, and ensuing panel discussions
held at the 22 Wooster Street Gallery this spring." "Franklinstein's Guide to Being
in on the Rules for Joining the International Rubber Stamp and Mail Art Network
and/or Displaying Mail, Postal or Correspondence Art." Jape Iros (aka Epistolary
Stud Farm) (USA) contributes 16 points in the text "A Cosmic Haha to the
Franklin Furnace Brouhaha." "Mail Art Listings."
Vol. 3, No. 1 (October 1984). Offset. 10 3/4"x8 1/4". 39 pages. "Mail
Art Events." Review by Franklinstein of the book, "Correspondence Art: Source
Book for the Network of International Post Art Activity," co-edited by Michael
Crane and Mary Stofflet. "The Handsome Johnson Mail Art Grant Token." "From
the Stamp Pad," highlights the special "Posthype" issue on the Franklin Furnace
Mail Art controversy, edited by John P. Jacobs (USA).
Vol. 3, No. 2 (January 1985). Offset. 10 3/4"x8 1/4". 39 pages. "Mail
Art Listings." "Stampart #5: A Non-Review," by Melody Hope Stein. "This is not a
magazine in the usual sense-it is a collective piece of art which could be
considered an 'artist book.'"
Vol. 3, No. 3 (April 1985). Offset. 10 3/4"x8 1/4". 39 pages. "From the
Stamp Pad" remarks on Bill Gaglione (USA), who designed the back cove. "The
rubber stamp museum is a privately owned archive of rubber stamp art,
maintained by William Gaglione of Abracadada rubber stamp
company...William's archive has attracted the notice of artists worldwide, who
participate in the mailart network or use stamps in the production of their
artwork." Melody Hope Stein contributes an article on found stamps, "Finders
Keepers." "Artists today use stamps they find either as they find them or
somewhat altered...mail artist Steve Random, in addition to carving his own