‘mail art’

Infrastructures of Selling Modern and Contemporary Art in Socialism and Postsocialism We invite proposals for a forthcoming edited volume that critically examines the infrastructures of art markets in Central and Eastern Europe during and after the socialist era. This peer-reviewed volume aims to shed light on the diverse systems that enabled the production, distribution, and exchange of modern and contemporary art, not only through …

… of conference papers from KEMKI’s Resonances project is published in the latest issues of ARTMargins Print by MIT Press. The special issue includes articles by Emese Kürti, Cristian Nae, and Małgorzata Miśniakiewicz. Emese Kürti, “Minorities as Hubs of Cultural Transfer: The Bosch+Bosch Group” Małgorzata Miśniakiewicz, “Socialization of the Private? The Emergence of Polish Mail Art and the Ideas of Democratic Opposition” Cristian Nae, “Constellational …

Digital selection from the Poetry Bureau (Andrzej Partum) and Artpool collections. "Artists are like seismographs foreseeing future tectonic movements. In the same decade, the 1970s, unusual institutions were established both in Budapest and Warsaw: Artpool by György Galántai and Júlia Klaniczay, and Andrzej Partum’s Poetry Bureau. It was clear to everyone that something extraordinary was happening. Even if only because any disobedience invited …