Ulises Carrión

Two rare artists' books, an original Mail-Art project and a card. Incl.: In Alphabetical Order. Amsterdam, Cres Publications & Agora Studio, 1979. Edition of 400. 24 pp. In mint state. + Second Thoughts. Amsterdam, Void distributors, 1980. Edition of 500. 72 pp. Includes the text The New Art of Making Books. + Namen en Adressen, exhibition announcement card (addressed to Tjeerd Deelstra) by Agora Maastricht 1980. + Feedback Pieces. Amsterdam, Print Gallery Pieter Brattinga, 1981. 29 x 21 cm printed both sides. Carrión sent an envelope containing small torn pieces of an announcement sheet. The receiver was asked to creatively assemble the pieces and send it back to be exhibited in a Mail Art show. (total 4)

Ulises Carrión (1941-1989) was as a prolific artist, bookseller, theorist of the book, and curator. He founded the legendary bookshop gallery Other Books and So in Amsterdam (1975-1979), the first of its kind dedicated to artists' publications that, in 1980, would become Other Books and So Archive.