Mail – Art,

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Ex. 184/500
Publicatie uitgegeven naar aanleiding van de tentoonstelling “Dialogues” in het Provinciaal Museum van Hasselt. (Curator Luk Lambrecht)
Publication issued in conjunction with the exhibition “Dialogues” at the Provincial Museum of Hasselt. (Curator: Luk Lambrecht)
Fine condition.

-Guy Bleus- (1950, Hasselt, Belgium)
* network artist, lingua-artist, performer, curator. He is the editor and publisher of journals-books on the theory and practice of art-communications, on mail-, book-, fax-art. Ref.1
* In 1978, the artist Guy Bleus founded The Art Administration Centre (TAC). It grew out of his actions mocking the rules and conventions of government bureaucracy, by handing out fake university diplomas or marriage certificates. Bleus was actively involved in the international mail art network and he began archiving artists’ missives and documentation. TAC grew into a huge archive with works, catalogues, magazines, posters and announcements about more then five thousand artists from fifty countries. In 1981, Bleus invited artists from all over the world to react on his invitation to send something related to the ‘fundamental conditions’ of love, hate, fear and suicide. The works were all reproduced on microfilm cards in a catalogue (Are you experienced?). Ref.2
* The Administration Centre – 42.292 : dit is de naam die mail art en conceptueel kunstenaar Guy Bleus in 1978 gaf aan zijn kunstenaarsarchief. Het archief bergt alle uitwisseling van mail art activiteiten tussen Bleus en meer dan 5000 binnen- en buitenlandse kunstenaars uit zestigal landen, gerangschikt op naam en geïnventariseerd. Ondergebracht in een voormalige cinema, behoort The Administration Centre – 42.292 zo tot één van de grootste mail art archieven ter wereld. Ref.3

References

• Ref.1: Bongiani Art Museum
• Ref.2: Johan Pas; Artists’ Publications: The Belgian Contribution; Koenig Books; London; 2017, p. 146
• Ref.3: MUHKA