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Item: Sèrie emisió-recepció

Antoni Muntadas

1975

Multiple, 10 cm x 15,4 cm each.
Materials: paper

Collection: Collection M HKA, Antwerp (Inv. no. S0192).

"Sèrie emisiò-recepciò. Collecciò de deu postals" are ten postcards serie that Antoni Muntadas recieved from different people arround the world. Postcards that are turned again in usefull postcard by changing the cycle emision-reception. Arround the 70`s, the Mail Art constituted an alternative circuit based on using the postcard system as an artistic support, the head of the movement was Fluxus group. In 1975, a new iniciative, based on this idea, was started in Catalonia (Spain) by Llibres del Mall publications. Some catalans artist like Joan Brossa, Antoni Tàpies or Miralda collaborated in this project that called Art Enllà. Among themselves, Muntadas was also part of the group. The postcards were sold by monthly subscriptions in kiosks or bookshops.Box with ten postcards. The box is labelled 'Muntadas '76', the front of each of the postcards show the backside of ten different postcards that were adressed to Antoni Muntadas.

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