Richard Canard endorses Trashpo Nuevo (?)

Mail art by Richard Canard (Carbondale, Illinois, USA)

Richard Canard is such a towering figure in all of mail art that some Glamsters might not realize he is an official Legend of Trashpo among his many other affiliations and honors. 

Conversely, some newer members of the Eternal Network might not realize Richard Canard's reputation extends well beyond his affiliation with Diane Keys and the Trashpoets. (He was, for instance, an original member of Ray Johnson's New York Correspondance [sic] School.)

Richard Canard can be trusted to intuit network movements (if he is not igniting them). So we wonder if this recent communication from Richard C reveals a conscious or unconscious awareness of the Trashpo Nuevo we have been theorizing upon these humble pages recently. Time will tell.

We also believe Richard's pearls of wisdom on this piece are especially inspired. 

Thanks as ever to Richard C!

Trashpo Nuevo by Yvonne Kettner (Duisburg, Germany)

 

"Aah Trashpo" by Yvonne Kettner (Duisburg, Germany) (2020)

The original "movement" that made Trashpo a leading force in mail art of the last decade seems to have subsided. The gathering of artistic & poetic geniuses now known as the "Legends of Trashpo" have moved on to evolutionary chakras beyond Trashpo. They have committed themselves to spiritual quests or - as in the cases of Queen of Trash Diane Keys & Lucky Pierre - simply vanished from the public eye. 

Stop the presses! Just when you thought it might be safe to dive back into the dumpster, a new generation of exciting, brilliant mail artists at IUOMA-Ning are exploring Trashpo & re-defining & re-newing it!

Your ever-vigilant culture workers here at the Glam Faction are committed to bringing you the freshest news in terms of Eternal Network doings. So we will keep you abreast of the Trashpo new wave beginning with these breath-taking works by Yvonne Kettner of Germany. 

Yvonne posted these (what we'll call) Trashpo Nuevo pieces at the IUOMA-Ning gallery, where - of course - they are a FAB hit!. Yvonne Kettner kindly provided these elegant scans for us to share with Glamsters! Tney are beautifully united by the eternal Trashpo theme of pizza. Yet Yvonne has added her own aesthetic stamp to the tropes of traditional Trashpo.

Welcome to Yvonne Kettner. We look forward to sharing more of her art in the future as well as Trashpo Nuevo by other emerging networkers.

"Trashpo Michael, stay cheesy"  by Yvonne Kettner (2020)

"Pizza pimp" by Yvonne Kettner

King Richard's palace: 2 X Richard Canard

 

Mail art by Richard Carnard (Carbondale, Illinois, USA)

Da Da by Joey Patrickt

 

Mail art by Joey Patrickt (Oakland, California, USA)

It's been way too long since the art of Joey Patrickt has given Glam Faction a sparkle, but that is all behind us now with this FAB postcard from sunny NoCal. 

Joey's unmistakable style & wit bears a tribute to DaDa with a touch of retro. DaDa is still a heavy hitter in the art world & in the hearts of Glamsters everywhere. Joey Patrickt is a heavy hitter in mail art as well, at least according to our book. Deepest thanks to Joey for sending us this piece!

Cryptic Trashpo, Post-Pop & more! by Julie VanBortel Matevish

Mail art by Julie VanBortel Matevish (Rochester, New York, USA)

 

 

We are thrilled to introduce you to Julie VanBortel Matevish for this, her Glam Faction debut.

 

Julie VanBortel Matevish has participated in mail art previously and has even done some homework in Trashpo and apparently MinXus as well, although we have only encountered her work very recently and do not recognize her from the "long, dusty trail" that emerges from yesteryears. That's okay.

 

We do know she is an excellent visual artist and graphic designer. The material she sent is not what we expected, but mail art should be a surprise! And let us make the point now lest Glamsters think us "mean" or "grumpy" that we very much admire what the Julie VanBortel so kindly sent.

 

In our memoirs of how we "broke in" to the Eternal Network we have on other occasions and on other venues described how in youth we began receiving bags (not envelopes but bags!) of mail art from New York City. Via Dick Higgins' Something Else Press, our name had been added to some mailing lists connected to classic Fluxus circles.

 

We have also described how in our youthful innocence we were not so much intrigued as shocked and fearful that somehow the inhabitants of a very populous lunatic asylum had obtained our personal address. We began to accept and understand mail art quickly. Yet that initial shock is etched in memory. We have only experienced  that feeling - upon opening thousands of envelopes and packages thereafter - a very few times (mostly during the nascence of Neoism).

 

We take this circuitous trail of explication in order to help inform you, dearest Glamsters, that we cannot offer you much help in understanding what Julie VanBortel Matevish is trying to communicate, although we deeply support her in her artistic pursuits and assure her she mailed this work to exactly the right place. We have found a new Kryptic Kween?

 

Eternal Networkers tell us we are experts at decoding cryptic mail art. Alas, please tell us if you have any idea what JVBM is saying. Perhaps over time all will become clear as an azure sky in summer. Until then, deepest thanks to Julie! 

 

 

 

 

By Julie VanBortel Matevish

 

 

 

 

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By Julie VanBortel Matevish

 

 

Personal fave:

 

 

 

By Julie VanBortel Matevish

 

 

 

 

By Julie VanBortel Matevish

 

 

 

 

Precious inspects suspicious packages that arrive at Glam Faction offices

 

 

 

Oh no, not the feet thing again!

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gram Faction with Discoflux

Mail art by Discoflux (aka Sally Nines) (Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA)

 

 

 

We are elated to welcome FAB postal artist Discoflux to the Glam Faction.

 

Was there  ever a match, outside of heaven, so perfect? We had to have Discoflux among our dazzling glitterati. Luckily, we found three amazing envelopes from our DF among material left behind by those wretched MinXus-Lynxus folks with their muddy boots. We're sharing only the cream with our faithful Glamsters!

 

We do not use the term Glitterati lightly. Discoflux is, dare we say, the anagram princess of the Eternal Network. (Secret tip: Every Glamnik needs a gimmick. Mr. Burroughs told us that!)

 

We have two DF anagrams to share! So in honor of this occasion we are calling ourselves today (and only today!) Gram Faction in honor of the amazing Discoflux  and her astonishing anagrams. You also might note an interesting use of PopArt (we call it post-pop) in her art and a hint of the occult and mysterious. Purr-faction!

 

Welcome to Gram Faction Discoflux! And don't be a stranger. Here at Glam Faction once you're "in" you're always "in."

 

 

 



Mail art by Discoflux (Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA)

 

 

 

Mail art by Discoflux (Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A Precious peep into the Richard Canard file

Mail art by Richard Canard (aka Richard C) (Carbondale, Illinois, USA)

What would a mail art blog be without the FAB Richard Canard? So we are celebrating Richard C's first appearance on Glam Faction with a peek into his archival file that we have inherited from MinXus-Lynxus.

You see, the prolific Richard Canard generously sends us far more art than we are able to document. So, today, we share with you, our dedicated Glam Nation, a trove of hitherto unseen & unknown pieces by Litter Richard. These works span a considerable period of time.

We had hoped to apply our somewhat rational process of documentation to the Richard Canard File but soon realized we were overwhelmed with material flash & stash. So we did our best to give you this peep into our bulging file.

And remember, only at Glam Faction will you find all the prince that is fit to noose!

Mail art by Richard Canard

 

By Richard Canard

 

Mail art by Richard Canard (aka Richard C) (Carbondale, Illinois, USA)

 

 

 

 

By Richard Canard

 

 

 

 

 

By Richard Canard

 

 

 

 

By Richard Canard

 

 

 

 

Mail art by Richard Canard (aka Richard C) (Carbondale, Illinois, USA)

 

 

 

 

 

By Richard Canard

 

 

 

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Mail art by Richard Canard (aka Richard C) (Carbondale, Illinois, USA)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Post-Pop & Copyart by Jon Foster

Mail art by Jon Foster (Winston Salem, North Carolina, USA)

We are thrilled to welcome the extraordinary Jon Foster to Glam Faction.

Jon is already an Eternal Network glamster who groomed his talents as a writer and artist at the feet of his correspondence school guru Richard Canard. We also understand Jon Foster has personally met the enigmatic Lucy Pierre, which adds a brush of golden glitter to his already shimmering astral emanation.

Among many other artistic achievements of note, Jon Foster has developed a tape-and-tear technique that consistently produces fantastic art, at least when Jon does it. (We've tried to reproduce his sticky magic with results that are just not...well, not like a real Jon Foster or even a fake Jon Foster for that matter.)

A wonderful consolation, however, is that Jon Foster sent us one of his original tape & tear masterpieces, his FAB Post-Pop no less! We will treasure this forever and, of course, share exclusively with our GF besties.

This package also included some amazing copyart that can stand alone or work as add & pass. We adore copyart so this Jon Foster mail art care package is a Jon Fest-er here at your ever faithful Glam Faction printing all the noose that fits!

Love ya!

 

 

Mail art by Jon Foster (Winston Salem, North Carolina, USA)

 

  

  

 

 

By Jon Foster