The second catalog of experimental artists’ books and other publications from Other Books and So, Ulises Carrión’s Amsterdam-based gallery-bookstore space. Prepared by Carrión, Michael Gibbs, and Aart van Barneveld, with cover photos by John Liggins. Includes original order form as removable slip.
“Born in San Andres Tuxtla, Veracruz, Mexico, in 1941, Carrión emigrated to Amsterdam in 1972 and joined a dynamic multinational community of artists pushing the boundaries of artistic practices. He eschewed conventional galleries and museums in favor of collaborative “artist-run spaces” such as his own bookstore-gallery Other Books and So. Carrión also became heavily involved in mail art, a participatory and network-driven practice rooted in the exchange of artworks through the postal system and premised on questions of authorship and originality, that was also an important avenue of communication for artists living in countries governed by authoritarian regimes. Carrión’s community-driven practice fostered extensive cross-cultural exchange between experimental artists working in Latin America and Europe.” –Princeton University Library