The FLUX:US Project 2.0 2023 – Mail Art – Irina Novikova
The FLUX:US Project 2.0 2023 – Mail Art – Irina Novikova
Per definition:
Mail art, also known as postal art and correspondence art, is an artistic movement centered on sending small-scale works through the postal service. It initially developed out of what eventually became Ray Johnsons New York Correspondence School and the Fluxus movements of the 1960s, though it has since developed into a global movement that continues to the present.
This type of art had already spread rapidly in the DADA era. Mostly from artist to artist, this form of participation was direct, simple and barrier-free: no costs, no curators, no intermediaries.
Thus, Mail Art was also a social sculpture in the sense of Beuys, even if it wasnt called that yet. The artist in association with the others was author, viewer, mediator, collector at the same time. Many famous artists after 1910 were active in Mail Art.
This work is a cut-out of submissions from artists around the world. The MUARCO project as an interactive participatory social sculpture takes up the momentum of the fresh contemporary international art scene and uses ARTSURPRISE to increase the number of creative Mail Art artists.
We are counting on YOU! Create a sheet of paper in DINA7 and make a collage or a drawing. You are free to choose the topic. Overpainting with watercolors, tempera or varnish or pens is also possible. Sign your work on the back. Scan it in and send a high-resolution JPG (300dpi) to office / at / artsurprise.eu with the subject FLUXUS 2.0 and your (artist) name. By sending it you allow us to digitally process and document your work on www.artsurprise.eu.
Leave your postal address on the back of the envelope (important)! Send your original to the artist (address on the envelope). With a little luck you will get an answer later. If you want to get to know the international world of mail art, sign in at IUOMA, the international network of mail art artists.
About the artist of this work in your hands:
„Irina Novikova lives and works in Minsk, Belarus. Like many Eastern European artists, she is very good at drawing. Her style is confident, direct, intense. She remains mysterious and deep in the subjects, animals, people, mixed creatures. The face preserved in this box is one of four she gallantly drew on a Mail Art envelope. I wish this artist a lot of attention. Maybe we can win her for an exhibition in the CASAdelDRAGON gallery. (Juan Petry, Curator).“
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