Mail Art Periodicals - MoMA

Vol. 2, Issue 8 (June 1982). Newsprint. 17"x11 1/2". 19 pages. Cover
art by Carlo Pittore (USA). "Pittore Euforico," by the editor, features Carlo Pittore.
" Carlo Pittore means Charles Painter in Italian, and Carlo was christened 12
years ago while painting in Rome. The most notable thing about Carlo is that he
blows his own horn! This image appears throughout his work and on the back of
all his postcards...He is an ever present figure in his own bold, black and white
collage art./When I asked Carlo if he was intending the image to signify blowing
his own horn, he modestly but comfortably answered, "Yes, but I am also
blowing a horn for all artists and for art." Mail Art Listings."
Vol. 2, Issue 9 (Fall 1982). Newsprint. 17"x11 1/2". 19 pages. Editor
Lowry Thompson's final issue. "It is with great sadness in my heart that I sit down
to write this letter. Rubberstampmadness is bankrupt, and my health problems
seem to be continual. Being as unhealthy as I am, I do not think I can turn RSM
into an income-producing company. As you know, I have never been able to
draw a salary from it, and I'm finding that I can't do RSM and also freelance,
because of my MS."
Vol. 2, Issue 10 (Mid-June 1983). Newsprint. 17"x11 1/2". 19 pages.
Roberta Sperling assumes editorship, with offices in Newfield, New York. "I used
to think, as I read 'Rubberstampmadness,' that Lowry was so amazingly positive
all the time-how could she do it? Now I know. The people who are into rubber
stamps bring out positive feelings. I can't say enough about how friendly,
supportive and wonderful everyone has been while we've been getting this -our
first- issue of 'Rubberstampmadness' to press." Letter from Lowry Thompson
(USA). "Envelope of the Month." Bill Gaglione (USA) opens "The World's First
Rubber Stamp Store," in San Francisco. "'It's more a conceptual gallery than a
store,' Bill went on." "Putting the Art Where the Mail Is." "Catalogues in Review,"
becomes a regular feature in the magazine."
Vol. 3, Issue 11 (August/September 1983). Newsprint. 17"x11 1/2".
19 pages. "Mail Art Listings." "Special thanks to Bill Gaglione in Dadaland, who
passed on most of the mail art listings to us."
Vol. 3, No. 12 (October/November 1983). Newsprint. 17"x11 1/2". 23
pages. "Envelope of the Month." "Mail Art Listings," reproduces a stamp sheet
by Carlo Pittore (USA), and an invitation for "Mail Art About Mail Art," curated by
John Held, Jr. (USA).
Vol., 3, Issue 14 (March/April 1984). Newsprint. 17"x11 1/2". 23
pages. Cover by Bill Gaglione (USA) and Rockola (USA). "Stamp Art in the
Making and Rubberta in Dadaland," by the editor, chronicles a trip to San
Francisco and a meeting with Gaglione and Rockola. Contributions by George
Brett (USA), Buster Cleveland (USA), Dadaland(USA), Polly Ester Nations