ABSTRACT
Mail art is a form of conceptual art that is based, theoretically, on the artistic idea as a concept and that can practically renounce its materialization by an object of art. What is important is the content of the object—the conception and diffusion of ideas—and not the form. With its roots in the work of Marcel Duchamp, mail art was initiated in the 1960s as an artistic and political concept under the name of correspondence art by the American Ray Johnson. Thanks to the small format of the objects sent and the variety of the concept itself, mail art quickly found enthusiasts throughout the world.
