Mail doubles as works of art (postcard, painting, sculpture), in this exhibition. Each artwork, while it is stamped and addressed to the gallery, and bears a postmark tattoo, seems to have very little road wear. Sure, it would be pretty hard to damage the block of wood carved ironically to resemble a package, but it’s clear that the cork collage and the soft doll, who floated unprotected through the system wearing her address label like a piece of jewelry, got kid-glove treatment. Which is maybe not so surprising–wouldn’t doll-mail be a bright spot in the otherwise monotonous day of a postal worker? 1111 Mainstreet, Hopkins; 952-979-1100; www.hopkinsmn.com/_hca
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