Artists’ book by Ulises Carrión, founder of Amsterdam’s artist-run bookstore and gallery space, Other Books and So (1975-1979). Features red and blue rubber-stamped boxing figures on leaves of felt transfer paper staple- and tape-bound together. -Printed Matter

“Mirror Box is printed on synthetic felt with rubber stamps of two boxers facing each other in sequential sparring positions. The soft touch of the page, in contrast to the strong punch of the imagery, makes for a potent allusion ot the exchange and repression of male sexuality.” -Tim Guest / Germano Celant in Books by Artists

“Born in San Andres Tuxtla, Veracruz, Mexico, in 1941, Carrión emigrated to Amsterdam in 1972 and joined a dynamic multinational community of artists pushing the boundaries of artistic practices. He eschewed conventional galleries and museums in favor of collaborative “artist-run spaces” such as his own bookstore-gallery Other Books and So. Carrión also became heavily involved in mail art, a participatory and network-driven practice rooted in the exchange of artworks through the postal system and premised on questions of authorship and originality, that was also an important avenue of communication for artists living in countries governed by authoritarian regimes. Carrión’s community-driven practice fostered extensive cross-cultural exchange between experimental artists working in Latin America and Europe.” –Princeton University Library