{"product_id":"mungo-thomson-mail-paperback","title":"Mungo Thomson: Mail - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMungo Thomson\u003c\/b\u003e (Artist), \u003cb\u003eAram Moshayedi\u003c\/b\u003e (Text by (Art\/Photo Books))\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn artist's book compendium of the Hammer's Museum's entire incoming mail, designed in the style of a mail-order catalog\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor \u003ci\u003eMail\u003c\/i\u003e, Los Angeles-based artist Mungo Thomson (born 1969) asked the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles to let its incoming mail accumulate unopened during the run of the exhibition. Over the course of the show a pile of correspondence and packages grew, forming a temporary archive. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book functions both as an artwork and as an elaborate and exhaustive documentation of the work as realized by the artist. Every letter, package, notice, magazine, flyer, restaurant menu, exhibition postcard, vendor catalog and piece of junk mail is represented. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFeaturing an essay by Hammer Museum curator Aram Moshayedi, \u003ci\u003eMail\u003c\/i\u003e performs a kind of autopsy of the sculpture, displaying every facet and revealing the infrastructure of both the artwork and the museum. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe design of the book loosely mimics a popular mail-order catalog, and Thomson's photography of the items in the mail pile at the Hammer was undertaken with this catalog design in mind. \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 496\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 10.3 x 8.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 11, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769315295520,"sku":"9781941753347","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/643ddfaa8267da55d8a2da2a5d27f276.webp?v=1780345768","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/mungo-thomson-mail-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}