MinXus Mail Bag: Has the real Claudia McGill (Wyncote, Pennsylvania, USA) been zip-locked by Trashpo hype?

Mail-art by Claudia McGill (Wyncote, Pennsylvania, USA)

Claudia McGill sent this stunning, over-sized postcard collage, which has found its way to the Overlook Hotel where a large part of the MinXus USA archives are currently housed.

Not long ago, Claudia’s grand entrance into the Eternal Network was met with praise and warm embraces from the practitioners of Trashpo. Her furniture catalog collage pieces created a positive splash, immediately earning her a TrashPo Litzer Prize. Some whispered that her household landscapes, devoid of humanity, suggested a certain affinity to postmodernism. Claudia was on her way. Claudia McGill was a Trashpo All Star.

As we ponder the beauty of her work, her singular talent for abstraction and textures, her ability with colour – we find ourselves asking: Is Claudia’s work really Trashpo? Stated, perhaps better, should we apply the clumsy measure of the Trashpo anti-aesthetic to every piece Claudia McGill makes?

If he taught us anything, the eminent Professor Derrida taught us to untangle and dispel the preconceived assumptions, the social, cultural, political and economic “constructs” that imprison our perceptions and the “text” itself. Or stated, perhaps better, look at the the thing in itself closely, very, very closely; and do not accept what someone else has told you that it is. That, partially, might be the beginning of a deconstruction or decomposition.

Without total obliteration we, along with you oh ever-faithful Tenderfoots, look at the reverse side of Claudia’s mail-art:

More textural beauty? What might we take away, as well as a deep appreciation of Claudia McGill’s brilliance? Oh… that is enough. Deepest thanks!

Don’t miss Claudia McGill’s blog!

http://claudiamcgill.com/