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The International Mural by Mail is a project that gives artists the opportunity to network and communicate visually with other artists on a global scale.
This project brings together artists from opposite ends of the world in a creative visual collaboration. We are working with artists from Zambia to Indonesia to Venezuela, sending large-scale drawings back and forth between us through the mail, which will eventually become 8ft x 16ft murals. Working together in this way allows us to have conversations that are visual as well as verbal, allowing us to make deep, complex connections with collaborators in very different places. SEPTEMBER 2, 2021 |
ON DISPLAY FOR THE MURAL BY MAIL
SEPTEMBER 2021 SHOW
franz phooko of south africa
Introducing Franz Phooko, our International Mural By Mail collaborator in South Africa! Franz' work often focuses on social affairs, issues that affect our lives every day and are in need of critical attention.
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Project Director
John Teply
EXHIBITION ARTISTS
South Africa:
Franz Phooko India: Shivangi Agrawal - mural artist in Delhi, India Anshula Tayal - mural artist here in PDX Pragati Sharma - mural artist in Sunnyvale, CA Determined Arts Movement - PDX based group that's contributed to the project Portland VSK (Vayuva Samskrithika Kendra) - PDX based group Elisabeth Jones Art Center CoLAB artists: Cedar Lee Brecken Rivara |
Project structure:
We are initiating a series of large-scale murals, created jointly by two artists of diverse cultural background and artistic persuasion, in a collaborative exchange conducted entirely by mail. Full scale mock-up drawings are mailed between collaborating artists. Each begins sketching images on a blank cartoon sheet to be mailed to their partner, who in turn responds by adding elements of their own. This exchange continues until an artist determines a composition complete, and thereupon creates a painting based on the drawing that has been exchanged. On one end, a mural is completed by the participating international artist, and on the other end, another is completed by a local Portland artist. Interested in purchasing or renting art in this show? Get in touch!
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