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Cover illustrationThe parade of panels and one of the panelsshown previously on the trolley.

The Last Showof the

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A Mail Art Showorganized by

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At the beginning of my Mail Art activitiesan art display on my shopping trolley workedvery well for quite a while but then theartwork became more than what the ShoppingTrolley Gallery could carry in one go. In thephoto, taken during one of its rounds, thetrolley is displaying its maximum load.

The Last Show confirmed the inability of theSTG, and myself, to cope with the quantity ofArt received. For this show a hundred andforty artists sent pieces of art, mostly post-cards, and quite a few of them sent several.

It was necessary to make several group showswhich took over a year to display, in monthlyhangings.

All of the individual shows looked fantastic,thanks to the artists who worked very hard tomake it such a success. I am very touched thatso many friends supported my last show in theShopping Trolley Gallery.

Eventually the show was mounted on fourteenposters as shown in the photo above. These arenow archived in the Museum of Modern Art,Snailmail-on-Sea, in the United Queendom ofRetailia.

The Last Show, now encapsulated, was alsodisplayed at the front of the Tate Britain

on January 3,2009, during theField Study International meeting.

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We paraded with the posters along the road.

Then off to lunch to a nearby pub.As usual we had great fun although wediscussed serious topics as well, like the endof an era in Mail Art.No, not the loss of the STG but of PresidentBush, a great problem for many of us for whomhe provided a wealth of opportunities forpolitical comment and jokes.

The ArtistsIn no particular order

All the artists that participated were sentdocumentation of the project including photos,the list of participants and this origamitrolley to make up, a signed limited edition.

Instructions to make up this signed limited edition collector’smodel of the STG Cut off all the white areas, including inside thehandle. Fold along all the vertical lines to form a box. Tuck andstick flaps A and B inside the trolley at edges A and B and thereyou have your own Shopping Trolley Gallery!

ENJOY!

One of the trolleysmade up by KaterinaNicoltsou in Greece

Kazunori MurakamiPascal Minart, FranceBoog, USAMailarta, CanadaErnie Oei Choon Guan, SingaporeMargit Kupsch, GermanyDr Baron Joseph A. Uphoff, Jr, USAThomai Kontou, GreeceHelen Baziotou, GreeceVaiva Kovieraite, LithuaniaStan Askew, USASinasi Gunes, TurkeySerse Luigetti, ItalyNadia Poltosi, BrazilMarina Miletic, IrelandLuca Squarcialupi, UKJohannes Gerard, HollandGuido Bondioli, GuatemalaConstantin Raducan, RomaniaCarol Stetser, USABruno Capatti, ItalyAlfonso Cacavale, ItalyFlora Raducan, RomaniaKaterina Nicoltson, GreeceSilvano Pestore, ItalyMiriam Rodrigues, PortugalDede van der Roove, PolandKaren Wood, USASoluna, USAPistol Pete, USAH. M. Murphy, USAJ. A. Lupin, BrazilValdemar Cher, SwedenTania Krosse, SwedenEstelle T. Goldstein, USAKeith Bates, UK

Pascal Lenoir, FranceSergey Grishunov, RussiaRenata Carneiro, PortugalNesic Dragan, SerbiaNaomi Greaves, UKMike Dickau, USAMarta Belles, SpainJohn S. Cumming, UKJaromir Svozilik, NorwayHenning Mittendorf, GermanyGoran Zivadinovic, GermanyGiovanni Bonanno, ItalyGianni Simone, JapanCornelis Vleeskens, AustraliaCem Demir, TurkeyCarmela RizzutoBrain Cell, JapanBernhard Zillig, GermanyAlan Turner, UKYuri Zmorovich, RussiaWilli Melnikov, RussiaM. Greenfield, UKLoumond, SpainMichael Kundela, USAGerman Vinogradov, RussiaDavid Dellafiora, AustraliaBernd Reichert, BelgiumAntonella Sassanelli, ItalyAmtra, UKAlwina, UKAlexander Belugin, RussiaZoe Snyder, AustraliaPaul Tiilila, FinlandSchmuel, USASandy DeLuca, USARorica and Dobrica Kamperelic, Yugoeslavia

Orlando Nelson Pacheco, Territorio Mapuche,ChileMonica Rex, USAMiche Art Universalis, BelgiumJokie X Wilson, USAGuido Vermuelen, BelgiumEnzo Salanitro, ItalyEmily Joe, ItalyChris Cho, USAAunty A, UKSylvie Gallet. FrancePati Bristow, USALuc Firenz, BelgiumEd Giecek, USADorian Ribas Marinho, BrazilDaniel de Culla, SpainIvana Rezek, CroatiaGiovanni StraDADA, ItalyDenis Charmot, FrancePJM, USAChantal Laurin, CanadaBarend, HollandBarry Edgard Pilcher, EireLuigino Solamito, ItalyMarina Salmaso, DenmarkDimitri Babenko, RussiaGuido Utermark, HollandNancy Scali, USAD. C. Spaulding, USAState of Being, USADEB, FranceEberhard Janke, GermanyHenk van Ooyen, HollandE. Sundermann, GermanyAtte OuriRuggero Maggi, Italy

Angela Behrendt, GermanyShoko Casana Rosso, GermanyMiguel Jimenez, El Taller de Zenon, SpainMiranda Vissers, NetherlandsRaymond Furlotte, CanadaDiane Bertrand, CanadaDragonfly Dream, USAMalok, USAJennifer Zoellner, USAMaria Ignacia Saona Urmeneta, ChileRon Omlin, USAGail O Whitter, CanadaSue Vallance, UKAdamandia Kapsalis, USAClemente Padin, UruguayAngela and Peter Netmail, GermanyFabio Sassi, ItalyAnne Braunschweig, USAKeith Buchholz, USANicolas de la Casina, FranceVittore Baroni, ItalyMichael Leigh, UKDewi, CanadaDavid Stone, USATiziana Baracchi, ItalyAntonio Sassu, ItalyMichel Della Vedova, FranceGloria Federwitz, USACascadia Artpost, USALothar Trott, POKU, SwitzerlandAndrew Kelly, UKJudy Skolnick, USA

This book is dedicated to these artists andfriends in appreciation of their support,not just for this show but over the years.

The ArtworkAs it came to hand

This is all the artworksent in response to anopen invitation and inthe spirit of Mail Artno selection has takenplace.

Vittorio Baroni

PoKu

Katerina Nicoltsou

Gloria Federwitz

Sue Vallance

Kazinoro Murakami

EstelleGoldstein

Cascadia Artpost

Keith Bates

Michael Leigh

Andrew Kelly

David Stone

HM Murphy

Joao LupinCharistos Ansari

Francis & Leoni

Flora Raducan

Sivano Pertoni

Gianni Simone

Shoko Casana Rosso

SolunaPistol Pete

Tania CroceTiziana Baracci

Cornelis Veekens

Eberhard Janke

Giovanni Bonanno

Clemente Padin

Cem Demir

Goran Zivadinovic

Jaromir SvozilikHenning Mittendorf

Pascal Lenoir

Boog

Johannes Gerard

Mike Dickau

Marta Belles

Naomi Grieves

Dewi

Lynn Alexander

Nesic Dragan

Renata Carneiro

Sergey Grishunov

Valdemar Cher

Antonio Sassu

Marielle Conte

Miriam RodriguezDede van der Roove

Bruno Capatti

Carol Stetser

Alfonso Cacavale

Guido Bondioli

Constantin Radicans

Karen Wood

Dame Mailarta

Helen Baziotou

Luca Squarcialupi

Joseph A Uphoff

Vavia Kovieraite

Margit Kupsch

Nadia Poltosi

Marina Miletic

Rita da Costa

Patrick Anderson

Serse Luigetti

John S Cumming

Ernie Choon Guan

Peter and Angela Netmail

Keith Buckholz

Ivana Rezek

Sinasi Gunes

Thomai Kontou

DEB

Adamandia Kapsalis

Anne Branschueig

Brain Cell

Fabio SassiNicolas dela Casina

Jennifer Zoellner

Raymond Furlotte

Malok

Diane Bertrand

Gail O Whiter

Miranda Vissers

Rom Omlin

Miguel Jimenez

Maria Ignacia Saona Urmeneta

Stan Askew

Daniel deCulla

Ruggero Maggi

Angela BehrendtRibas Mario

Pascal Minart

Sylvie Gallet

Luc Firenz

Atte Ouri

Babenko

Zenon

BarendChantal Laurin

Barry Edgar Pilcher

Denis Charmot

Guido Utermark

Nancy Scali

Henk van Ooyen

Marina Salmaso

PJM

Dragonfly Dream

StraDADA

Solamito

D C Spaulding

E Sunderman

Guido Vermeulen

State of Being

Orlando Pacheco

Chris Cho Carmela

Miche

Jokie X Wilson

Shmuel

Carmela Rizzuto

Alwina

Michel della VedovaAuntie A

Alan Turner

Paul Tiilila

Zoe Snyder

Monica Rex

Alex Belugin

Bernd Mailworks

Bernhart Zilling

Ed Giesek

David Dellafiora

German Vinogradov

Mark Greenfield

Amtra

Yuri Zmorovich

Emily Joe

Loumond

Willi Melnikoff

Kudela

Pati Bristow

Enzo Salanitro

Antonella Sassanelli

Sandy de Luca

Rory and Dobra Kamperelic

Judy Skolnick

Retailiaaugust 2012

year of the earthworm

A big

to all participants for thesupport they have given to

the Last Show of the STG.

As time did tell, it was notexactly the last.

THANK YOU!!

Printed inthe United Queendom of Retailia

By Appointmentto Her Majesty the Queen