Márgenes, 1972.
21 x 15 cm.
Collage and ink handwritten.

Ulises Carrión (México 1941)

Ulises Carrión was born in San Andres Tuxtla, Veracruz, Mexico in 1941. He studied literature and philosophy at UNAM (The National University of Mexico) and went on to become a successful and respected writer; his books of short stories, La muerte de miss O and De Alemania, were published in 1966 and in 1970 respectively.

He received grants to study language and literature in Paris (1964), Germany (1965) and Leeds, England (1972). In 1972, Carrión began to work in a more visual way, employing colours, textures, forms and sequences. The work of Ulises Carrión is distinguished by two common denominators: communication and distribution. He employed diverse techniques and media in order to create a complete cultural product.

The tools of his trade were the means he appropriated: postage stamps, television, the radio, mail, among others.