Graciela G. Gutiérrez Marx on Latin American Mail Art's Roots in 1970s Liberation Movements

Graciela G. Gutiérrez Marx connects mail art to Dada and Fluxus, alongside Robert Filliou's concept of an eternal network, noting its simultaneous emergence across various nations through experimental poetry and art. She highlights its practice in collective creation within impoverished regions of South America's southern cone. A folk art movement arose in a broader, ideologically sensitive context, fueled by popular struggles in Cuba, Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Bolivia, Peru, Nicaragua, Venezuela, Uruguay, Colombia, Ecuador, and Argentina. Liberation movements during the 1970s shaped the direction of Latin American mail-art exchanges. These activities gained significant strength in Argentina in 1976 with the imposition of the Military Terrorist State, marking a period where art equated to life. The article, published on June 5, 2012, by ARTMargins Online, is available through MIT Press under subscription-only access.