Xilografía [Woodcut], from Múltiples Acumulados [Accumulated Multiples] <span>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 <span style="font-style:italic;">Múltiples acumulados</span> he grouped cards that refer to works he produced throughout his career, including conceptual pieces, woodcuts, collages, and examples of mail art. <br /><br />Vigo included two examples of his <span style="font-style:italic;">Señalamientos</span>, an early example of Performance Art. <span style="font-style:italic;">Señalamiento</span> 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. <span style="font-style:italic;">Correspondencia</span> 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. <br /></span> Edgardo Antonio Vigo La Plata, Argentina, 1928 - 1997, La Plata, Argentina print 1995.259.7/19