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Artistamps: Images from Another Country,

Lawton Gallery, University of Wisconsin–Green Bay, Green Bay, USA, WI 2005 (Ed. by Stephen Perkins)
Catalog designed by Aaron Cummings.


Front cover of the exhibition catalog featuring a detail of Guglielmo Cavellini’s Cavellini 1914-2014 artistamp with Vittore Baroni's Get Your Kicks on Route 666 details in the background.


Back cover featuring details from Buz Blurr's artistamp Fake Ray Johnson Weekend depicting Mark Corroto, Anna Banana, Honoria, Luc Fierens, Annina Van Sebroeck, Alex Cheek, Beuys Gaglione, Robert Delford Brown, Judith Hoffberg, and Reid Wood.


Opening page of the curatorial essay discussing the origins of the term "artistamps" and early examples by Yves Klein. Work by: Picasso Gaglione (Postflux detail).


Work by Buz Blurr (Fake Ray Johnson Weekend detail featuring Mark Corroto, Anna Banana, Honoria, Luc Fierens, Alex Cheek, Beuys Gaglione, Robert Delford Brown, and Judith Hoffberg).


Essay spread covering the influence of Ray Johnson and the New York Correspondence School, as well as the technical history of the English Penny Black. Work by Picasso Gaglione (Tampon Trouvé: The Found Stamp).


Work on the top by John Held, Jr. (Untitled detail, 1985). Work on the bottom by Arturo Fallico & John Held Jr. (Co-op art stamps, 1986).


Conclusion of the curatorial essay by Stephen Perkins, PhD.
Work on the top by Guglielmo Cavellini (Cavellini 1914-2014). Work on the bottom by: Vittore Baroni (Get Your Kicks on Route 666 detail).


Footnotes section providing scholarly references for the exhibition text.


A comprehensive list of participants and works included in the exhibition. List of participants: Miekal And, Anna Banana, Vittore Baroni, Buz Blurr, Guglielmo Cavellini, Charles Chicadel, James Cline, Joan Coderre, M. B. Corbett, Mike Dickau, John Held Jr., Arturo G. Fallico, Smallville Funny Farm, Picasso Gaglione, Patricia K. Harris, John Held Jr., George Jeffus, R. Maggi, Jurgen Olbrich, Stephen Perkins, Daniel Plunkett, The Paper Post, Ragged Edge Press, A Princess Petal Production, RamCell, John Rininger, Endre Tot, Antonio Vigo.

Comment: This exhibition, curated by Dr. Stephen Perkins, explored the "artistamp" as a decentralized medium for artistic activity that operates outside official postal systems. The catalogue traces the history of the medium from early pioneers like Yves Klein and Robert Watts (Fluxus) to the entrenched network of the 1980s and 1990s initiated by figures like Ray Johnson. The project emphasizes the "utopian universe" represented by artistamps, where national borders are replaced by a consolidated community. The exhibition featured a diverse range of production methods, including color photocopy, offset lithography, and digital imaging.
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