Mail Art Periodicals - MoMA

Atalaya. Christer Brunström, Editor. Halmstad, Sweden. 1987-
1988.
Vol. 13. No. 1 (Winter/Spring 1987/1988). Photocopy. 8 1/4"x5 3/4".
11 pages. Philatelic magazine dealing with "cinderellas, 'dead' countries and
other oddities." Article on Mail Art by Dogfish (USA).
Atmosphere. Mogens Otto Nielsen and Atmosphere Controlled,
Editors. n.d.
No. 3 (n.d.). Offset. 11 3/4"x8 1/4". (4 pages). Visual poetry.
AU (Artists' Union/Art Unidentified). Shozo Shimamoto; Misao
Kusumoto; Sumiko Kim; Yoshio Kato; Yoko Kuwaki; Yoyoi
Yoshitome; Hiloco Usui, Editors. AU, Nishinomiya, Japan. 1977-
2001.
Newsletter published by AU art organization in Nishinomiya, Japan, under the
direction of Shozo Shimamoto, a former member of the Gutai art movement.
Gutai was one of the pre-eminent post-war avant-garde art movements in Japan,
formed in the mid-1950s, well-known for incorporating performance aspects into
the physical artwork (i.e., running through a series of paper screens, or in the
case of Shimamoto, hurling bottles with oil pigments at a canvas, the resulting
canvas bearing the trace of the performance). Shimamoto can be seen in the
bottom photograph on page 1 of this issue, far right. Shimamoto was introduced
to Mail Art by Byron Black, from Ft. Worth, Texas, and Vancouver, Canada,
where he was a resident at Western Front. Black went to Japan to teach English
and made the acquaintance of Shimamoto and Ryosuke Cohen (see Brain Cell),
who he introduced to Mail Art. Over the years, Mail Art became a growing
concern of the organization, composed of artists throughout Japan.
No. 2 (1977). Offset. 12"x9". 8 pages. In Japanese. Published in Nara,
Japan.
No. 3 (April 1977). Offset. 11 3/4"x8 1/4". (4 pages). Notices of projects
by Angelika Schmidt (Germany) and G. J. de Rook (Holland), and the "Broadway
Inter-national post Card and Mail Art Extravaganza)."
No. 4 ( May 1977). Offset. 11 3/4"x8 1/4". (4 pages). In this issue
(primarily in Japanese), we can see the work of Canadian Mail Artist, Chuck
Stake, and a reference to a project by Uncle Don Milliken (USA).