Lomholt Mail Art Archive

Index: Al Ackerman

Biography

Al Blaster Ackerman has been tirelessly active artistically since the early 1970s; he mainly did Mail Art and performances, but also wrote prose and poetry. A lot of his works take the form of ferocious but deadpan humor executed using a bewildering variety of pseudonyms. They had been published in magazines all around the world, especially in John M. Bennett’s Lost & Found Times.
Al Blaster Ackerman is especially known for his pen and ink line drawings and artistamps. He likes to collaborate with others like Bennett and Darlene Altschul. In 2005 he did the LP I Am Drunk (EHSE Label) with recordings of his spoken performances.
Ackerman passed away on March 17, 2013.

Literature (selection)

Ackerman, Al: Confessions of an American Ling Master (1984)
Ackerman, Al: The Blaster Omnibus (1994)
Ackerman, Al: I Taught My Dog to Shoot a Gun (2000)
Ackerman, Al: Corn & Smoke (2006)

Links

http://chelagallery.org/gallery/blaster/
http://jas.faximum.com/library/tam/tam_70.htm
Mail Artists Index:
http://mailartists.wordpress.com/2009/01/22/blaster-al-ackerman/

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S 1975 04 09 zack 001
1975-04-09
Postcard to Tarzanna Advances
Al Ackerman
S 1978 00 00 ackerman sydney concealed 001
1978-00-00
Sydney Concealed
Al Ackerman
S 1979 00 00 ackerman 001
1979-00-00
I live at the graveyard, 0005
Al Ackerman
S 1979 03 10 ackerman 001
1979-03-10
Letter to David Zack, 0005
Al Ackerman
S 1980 04 00 ackerman 001
1980-04-00
Fomt. Quiet Time Bulletin
Al Ackerman
S 1981 00 00 ackerman no 1 001
1981-00-00
Lomholt to Ackerman
Al Ackerman
S 1981 01 11 ackerman 001
1981-01-11
You ask and I'll tell
Al Ackerman
S 1981 02 12 ackerman no 2 001
1981-02-12
Ackerman
Al Ackerman
S 1975 11 02 zack 001
1975-11-02
Letter to Art Cause Publications, 0013
Al Ackerman
S 1978 00 00 ackerman sydneys concealment 001
1978-00-00
Sydney's Concealment
Al Ackerman
S 1979 00 00 ackerman a proepos 001
1979-00-00
a Proepos
Al Ackerman
S 1979 05 02 ackerman umbrella 001
1979-05-02
Umbrella
Al Ackerman
S 1980 09 28 ackerman 001
1980-09-28
Assorted Art Maggots
Al Ackerman
S 1981 00 00 ackerman no 2 001
1981-00-00
The Blue Cushion
Al Ackerman
S 1981 01 13 ackerman 001
1981-01-13
Poe on Guam
Al Ackerman
S 1981 02 19 ackerman 001
1981-02-19
CASFC
Al Ackerman
S 1976 09 30 zack 001
1976-09-30
Postcard to Zack Family SOAR
Al Ackerman
S 1978 00 00 zack no 2 001
1978-00-00
Postcard to Zack, 0013
Al Ackerman
S 1979 01 02 ackerman 001
1979-01-02
Book Object from Ackerman, 0017
Al Ackerman
S 1979 07 14 ackerman umbrella 001
1979-07-14
Umbrella
Al Ackerman
S 1980 10 14 ackerman 001
1980-10-14
Blasters
Al Ackerman
S 1981 00 00 ackerman no 3 001
1981-00-00
Mrs. Blaster Pulp Masterpieces
Al Ackerman
S 1981 01 16 ackerman 001
1981-01-16
CASFC still alive
Al Ackerman
S 1981 02 26 ackerman 001
1981-02-26
The elements of mail art (for the Dwarf's show)
Al Ackerman
S 1977 00 00 ackerman exchangeable photo 001
1977-00-00
Exchangeable Photo
Al Ackerman
S 1978 04 00 ackerman prison 001
1978-04-00
Prison
Al Ackerman
S 1979 01 28 ackerman 001
1979-01-28
Letter from Ackerman, 0005
Al Ackerman
S 1979 11 02 ackerman 001
1979-11-02
Letter from Ackerman, 0005
Al Ackerman
S 1980 10 23 ackerman 001
1980-10-23
Artist Meeting
Al Ackerman
S 1981 00 00 ackerman no 4 001
1981-00-00
Nutcracker
Al Ackerman
S 1981 01 25 ackerman 001
1981-01-25
Lomholt to Ackerman
Al Ackerman
S 1981 03 31 ackerman 001
1981-03-31
The Sack. CASFC
Al Ackerman
S 1977 06 20 zack 001
1977-06-20
Ackerman Drawing
Al Ackerman
S 1978 06 05 ackerman 001
1978-06-05
Letter to Lomholt, 0004
Al Ackerman
S 1979 03 00 zack no 13 001
1979-03-00
Friends
Al Ackerman
S 1979 12 01 ackerman 001
1979-12-01
The Keeper
Al Ackerman
S 1980 12 05 ackerman 001
1980-12-05
Teeth
Al Ackerman
S 1981 00 00 ackerman no 5 001
1981-00-00
Unusual Situations
Al Ackerman
S 1981 02 03 ackerman 001
1981-02-03
The true elements of mail art
Al Ackerman
S 1981 04 02 ackerman 001
1981-04-02
Letter from David Zack
Al Ackerman
S 1977 11 21 ackerman 001
1977-11-21
Dr. Al Ackerman Project, 0005
Al Ackerman
S 1978 10 10 ackerman 001
1978-10-10
The Advert, 0005
Al Ackerman
S 1979 03 00 zack no 14 001
1979-03-00
Postcard from Al Blaster Ackerman to David Zack, 0013
Al Ackerman
S 1980 00 00 ackerman exchangeable photo 001
1980-00-00
Exchangeable Photo
Al Ackerman
S 1980 12 25 ackerman 001
1980-12-25
Letter to Lon Spiegelman
Al Ackerman
S 1981 01 02 ackerman 001
1981-01-02
Ambulatory Patient
Al Ackerman
S 1981 02 12 ackerman no 1 001
1981-02-12
Ackerman
Al Ackerman
S 1981 05 00 ackerman 001
1981-05-00
Lude Head
Al Ackerman