http://utw10658.utweb.utexas.edu/items/browse?tags=1995.259.18%2F19&output=atom <![CDATA[Blanton Museum of Art Collections]]> 2024-03-29T07:09:46-05:00 Omeka http://utw10658.utweb.utexas.edu/items/show/2907 <![CDATA[Pie de Imprenta [Imprint], from Múltiples Acumulados [Accumulated Multiples]]]> Edgardo Antonio Vigo, a leading poet, mail artist, conceptualist, and graphic designer, was better known abroad for his participation in the international mail-art movement than at home in Argentina. Inspired by Marcel Duchamp, Vigo followed a playful logic when assembling his archive-like works. In the box Múltiples acumulados he grouped cards that refer to works he produced throughout his career, including conceptual pieces, woodcuts, collages, and examples of mail art.

Vigo included two examples of his Señalamientos, an early example of Performance Art. Señalamiento IX involved burying a wood block, unearthing it a year later, and legally documenting both events. The wood block was then cut into seventy pieces, one of which is featured here. Correspondencia shows Vigo’s keen interest in Mail Art, which involved frequent exchanges with colleagues, as his collaboration with mail artist Julien Blaine also demonstrates. Mail Art was for Vigo a way to circumvent censorship and communicate to the world what was happening during the difficult years of the Argentine Dirty War. ]]>
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Creator

Edgardo Antonio Vigo

Title

Pie de Imprenta [Imprint], from Múltiples Acumulados [Accumulated Multiples]

Spatial Coverage

23.6 cm x 12.3 cm (9 5/16 in. x 4 13/16 in.)

Identifier

1995.259.18/19

Medium

Rubber stamp and letterpress on blue card stock

Description

Edgardo Antonio Vigo, a leading poet, mail artist, conceptualist, and graphic designer, was better known abroad for his participation in the international mail-art movement than at home in Argentina. Inspired by Marcel Duchamp, Vigo followed a playful logic when assembling his archive-like works. In the box Múltiples acumulados he grouped cards that refer to works he produced throughout his career, including conceptual pieces, woodcuts, collages, and examples of mail art.

Vigo included two examples of his Señalamientos, an early example of Performance Art. Señalamiento IX involved burying a wood block, unearthing it a year later, and legally documenting both events. The wood block was then cut into seventy pieces, one of which is featured here. Correspondencia shows Vigo’s keen interest in Mail Art, which involved frequent exchanges with colleagues, as his collaboration with mail artist Julien Blaine also demonstrates. Mail Art was for Vigo a way to circumvent censorship and communicate to the world what was happening during the difficult years of the Argentine Dirty War.

Rights Holder

Gift of the artist, 1995

Date

La Plata, Argentina, 1928 - 1997, La Plata, Argentina

Type

print

Has Version

http://utw10658.utweb.utexas.edu/plugins/Dropbox/files/object_images/ART New/1995.259.18_19.zif

Requires

17636
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