No. 243 - arriving mail art "Otto Heimleuchten/ Muster anbei" from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany)

No. 243 - arriving mail art "Otto Heimleuchten/ Muster anbei" from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany) - a big sized collaged with painting and a little light bulb on it. Thank you very much.

No. 242 - arriving mail art "Bismarck beim Verfeinern der Emser Depesche" from Uli Grohmann (Germany)

No. 242 - arriving mail art "Bismarck beim Verfeinern der Emser Depesche" from Uli Grohmann (Germany) - Uli has used a famous painting by Carl Spitzweg and used the head of Bismarck for the poet. Thank you very much.

No. 241 - arriving mail art from Dr. Brignone (Italy)

No. 241 - arriving mail art from Dr. Brignone (Italy) - a second variation of a collaged and modified comic strip with Bismarck in it as a soldier. Thank you very much.
see his blogs: http://rossinimailart.blogspot.com/
or: http://creaturesmailartcall.blogspot.com/

No. 240 - arriving mail art from Aaron Almeida Holmquist (Venezuela)

No. 240 - arriving mail art from Aaron Almeida Holmquist (Venezuela) - Aaron has sent an artprint with collaged changed faces of the two person Bismarck and the president of Venezuela, Hugo Chavéz. Thank you very much.
see his blog: http://holmquistartecorreo.blogspot.com/

No. 239 - arriving mail art "wer muß unter die Soldaten?" from Anonymous (Germany)

No. 239 - arriving mail art "wer muß unter die Soldaten?" from Anonymous (Germany) - a collage combined with an old postcard from world war I. Thank you very much.

No. 238 - arriving mail art from Uli Grohmann (Germany)

No. 238 - arriving mail art from Uli Grohmann (Germany) - Uli has used a famous graphical work by Albrecht Dürer and modified the knight with a Bismarck head. Thank you very much.

No. 237 - arriving mail art from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany)

No. 237 - arriving mail art from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany) - Heinz has used a historical postcard and fixed a Bismarck portrait inside the heart. Thank you very much.

No. 236 - arriving mail art "Bismarck's favorite pullover" from Angela Behrendt (Germany)

No. 236 - arriving mail art "Bismarck's favorite pullover" from Angela Behrendt (Germany) - a colourful image of several pullovers. She used as well two of the Bismarck stamps. Thank you very much.

No. 235 - arriving mail art "blue sensation mail art Bismarckstr." from Wolfgang Skodd (Germany)

No. 235 - arriving mail art "blue sensation mail art Bismarckstr." from Wolfgang Skodd (Germany) - another view of a Bismarck street together with a printed on Bismarck artistamp. Backsides with the famous blue bananas. Thank you very much.
see his blog: http://bananaunderground.blogspot.com/

... my Bismarck twins for Ervin Zsubori, Hungary ...

see his project: http://arnolfini-mma.blogspot.com

No. 233 & No.234 - arriving mail art "Irgendwie Otto !" & "Hommage to Otto" from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany)

No. 233 & No.234 - arriving mail art "Irgendwie Otto !" & "Hommage to Otto" from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany) - two more collaged postcards from Heinz, the first is another modification of a stitched postcard by Angela Behrend, the second one (it came anonymously but I suppose it is as well from Heinz) shows some Bismarck vikings, backsides he used an altered image I did once about Yoko Ono. Thank you very much.

No. 232 - arriving mail art "Bismarck flower" from Nicole Eippers (Belgium)

No. 232 - arriving mail art "Bismarck flower" from Nicole Eippers (Belgium) - a collaged postcard with a Bismarck medaillon inside a flower. Thank you very much.

see her blog: http://piggyonemailart.blogspot.com

No. 231 - arriving mail art "art or Bismarck" from John M. Bennett (USA)

No. 231 - arriving mail art "art or Bismarck" from John M. Bennett (USA) - John has sent me one of his enigmatical portrait - her a portriat of Bismarck. Inside the envelope some other stuff like little artistbooklets and artcards with his works. Thank you very much.

see his page: http://www.johnmbennett.net/

or his blog: http://johnmbennettpoetry.blogspot.com/

No. 230 - arriving mail art "Zwischen Biskuit und Bison" from Peter Backes (Germany)

No. 230 - arriving mail art "Zwischen Biskuit und Bison" from Peter Backes (Germany) - a collaged page from a old dictionary, where Bismarck were placed between the lemmata Biskuit and Bison. Peter used as well his two artistamps for it. Thank you very much.

... Bismarck Souvenir Spoons ...

which can be seen at the new exhibition "Kunst und Kistsch" in Bad Kissingen

No. 228 & No.229 - arriving mail art "ich glaube an die Ottomanie..." from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany)

No. 228 & No.229 - arriving mail art "ich glaube an die Ottomanie..." from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany) - two more collaged sendings from Heinz, the first is about his mania about Otto, the second seems to be an image about a Bismarck party. Thank you very much.

No. 227 - arriving mail art "Ka Boom" from Horst Baur (Germany)

No. 227 - arriving mail art "Ka Boom" from Horst Baur (Germany) - Bismarck is riding a submarine. It is an idea he got in the city. Thank you very much.

No. 226 - arriving mail art "U2 Bismarck" from Elke Grundmann (Germany)

No. 226 - arriving mail art "U2 Bismarck" from Elke Grundmann (Germany) - a postcard with an illustration of the map of the Berlin metro station. Thank you very much.

No. 225 - arriving mail art from Angela Behrendt (Germany)

No. 225 - arriving mail art from Angela Behrendt (Germany) - Angela has used a commercial art-postcard from Goran Zivadinovic and collaged Bismarck images inside the gaping spaces. Thank you very much.

Raubkunst im Bundestag

http://www.rbb-online.de/kontraste/archiv/kontraste_vom_12_11/raubkunst_im_bundestag.html

here you can find an interesiting story (video) about a painting of Franz von Lenbach, a portrait of Otto von Bismarck, which was forced to sale in the Third Reich and which hang in the German Parliament - now the painting has been given back to the legal heirs - finally.

No. 224 - arriving mail art "Mit Zuckerbrot und Peitsche" from Angela Behrendt (Germany)

No. 224 - arriving mail art "Mit Zuckerbrot und Peitsche" from Angela Behrendt (Germany) - Angela refers to a saying which go back to the politics of Bismarck, the english expression for it is "the stick and the carrot". Thank you very much.

No. 223 - arriving mail art from me (Germany)

No. 223 - arriving mail art from me (Germany) - this sending was reposted by me without any valid postage stamp, first it came like I dropped it into the mail box, so I dropped it a second time, and this is how it came back with a letter of apology by the post office. It was sent inside a plastic cover which says "regrettable the item was damaged and therefore been provided with a plastic cover by the Deutsche Post".

No. 222 - arriving mail art "Bismarck pour Roland" from Lisette Candela (France)

No. 222 - arriving mail art "Bismarck pour Roland" from Lisette Candela (France) - Lisette has sent a wonderful watercolour portrait of Bismarck, who poke is tongue out. Thank you very much.

No. 221 - arriving mail art "Das Berühren der Figüren..." from Peter Backes (Germany)

No. 221 - arriving mail art "Das Berühren der Figüren..." from Peter Backes (Germany) - a collaged photograph about students from Geesthacht who did a research on Bismarck. Thank you very much.

No. 220 - arriving mail art "Hessen König Otto" from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany)

No. 220 - arriving mail art "Hessen König Otto" from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany) - Heinz has tried to sent a postcard without using a postage stamp, not even a faked one. It failed, because I have to pay postal taxe for it. On the front page you can see Emperor Wilhelm II. who is hammering a nail into the brain of Bismarck. Thank you very much.

No. 219 - arriving mail art from Bruno Chiarlone (Italy)

No. 219 - arriving mail art from Bruno Chiarlone (Italy) - Bruno has sent a collaged photograph with some Bismarck images on it. Thank you very much.

No. 218 - arriving mail art from me (Austria)

No. 218 - arriving mail art from me (Austria) - one of the postal experiment which succeeded, I used the envelope again and put one Octopus Bismarck inside, than the envelope was dropped again into the mail box without any valid postage stamp and it came back.

No. 217 - arriving mail art "this is my grandfather..." from Keith A. Buchholz (USA)

No. 217 - arriving mail art "this is my grandfather..." from Keith A. Buchholz (USA) - Keith has sent a photograph of his gradfather from 1881, which were once forced to go to a Bismarck Military school at the age of 9. The grand-grand parents left Germany to emigrate to the USA. Thank you very much.

see his page at open fluxus: http://openfluxus.ning.com/profile/KeithABuchholz

or: http://keithbuchholz.blogspot.com/

No. 216 - arriving mail art "Bismarck mail art call" from Dr. Brignone (Italy)

No. 216 - arriving mail art "Bismarck mail art call" from Dr. Brignone (Italy) - a collaged modified comic strip with Bismarck in it as a soldier. Thank you very much.

see his blogs: http://rossinimailart.blogspot.com/

or: http://creaturesmailartcall.blogspot.com/

No. 214 & No. 215 - arriving mail art "Brieverl für Otto und all seine Macht" & "Otto statt Socken?" from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany)

No. 214 & No. 215 - arriving mail art "Brieverl für Otto und all seine Macht" & "Otto statt Socken?" from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany) - the No. 214 refers to a research theme I did once about breverl, a special kind of amulet. Inside a letter filled will several stuff from nature (f. ex.: bones, a dried spider, sea shells) combined with other found objects, similar to the arrangements you can find inside of breverls. No. 215 refers to my former mail art call about socks. Thank you very much.

No. 213 - arriving mail art "Get the Bismarck" from Wolfgang Skodd (Germany)

No. 213 - arriving mail art "Get the Bismarck" from Wolfgang Skodd (Germany) - a decorated envelope; backsides with an illustration of a pulp fiction story about the battle around the warship Bismarck. Thank you very much.

see his blog: http://bananaunderground.blogspot.com/

No. 212 - arriving mail art "Otto von Bismarck" from Erich Sündermann (Austria)

No. 212 - arriving mail art "Otto von Bismarck" from Erich Sündermann (Austria) - a little drawing showing Bisamarck on a throne. Thank you very much.

No. 211 - arriving mail art from Anonymous (Germany)

No. 211 - arriving mail art from Anonymous (Germany) - an envelope without using a valid postage stamp arrived today. The envelope is collaged with a portrait of the german comedian Otto Waalkes, but here with the typical outfit of the other Otto. Inside the sender (I suppose it was Heinz Lotz) used one of my artistamps.

Thank you very much.

... found in the city of Bad Kissingen ...

No. 210 - arriving mail art "bismarcking" from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany)

No. 210 - arriving mail art "bismarcking" from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany) - the next funny collage with a Bismarck head. Thank you very much.

No. 209 - arriving mail art "Wir sind nicht auf der Welt ..." from Uli Grohmann (Germany)

No. 209 - arriving mail art "Wir sind nicht auf der Welt um zu genießen und glücklich zu sein, sondern um unserer Schudigkeit zu tun..." from Uli Grohmann (Germany) - a photography of nuts together with a Bismarck nutcracker. The artistamp is made out of the same image and is a faked postage stamp - it arrived without any taxes. Thank you very much.

... Bismarck Octopus ...

for Carlos Botana's artisbook project about octopus

No. 208 - arriving mail art from Anonymous (Germany)

No. 208 - arriving mail art from Anonymous (Germany) - a postal experiment with no valid postaage stamp arrived - but in a way it failed, because I have to pay taxe for it. According to the handwriting it was made by Angela Behrendt. She used an advertising label of the Touriseum, which I perforated once. Backsides an image of abandoned streetart. Thank you very much.

No. 183 came back - arriving mail art from Achim Heidemann (Germany)

No. 183 came back - arriving mail art from Achim Heidemann (Germany) - the modified mail art No. 183 came back in this way - see as well the status before and the conceptual idea behind: http://bismarck-mail-art.blogspot.com/search?q=No.+183,. Thank you very much.

No. 204 - No. 207 - arriving mail art from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany)

No. 204 - No. 207 - arriving mail art from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany) - four more mail art submissions to my project. No. 204 "Deutsche Träume - Albträume"; No. 205 "Bismarck Line" a new airline in the shape of a Hering; No. 206 "Ich kauf mir einen Otto"; No. 207 "wir wollen keine Kürbisköpfe feiern" All are very funny collaged postcards. Thank you very much.

... the next postal experiment ...

I will drop this already used envelope inside the postal mail box. I just put some extra Bismarck labels on it to see what will happen with it. I got this envelope from France some days ago. It is the third envelope which turns into this kind of conceptual art.

No. 203 - arriving mail art from Anonymous (Germany)

No. 203 - arriving mail art from Anonymous (Germany) - it seems to be a postal experiment as well, an already sent envelope - in the center there is a faked collaged postal stamp with a little Bismarck on it. Inside the letter just advertising materials as it has been already there before. Thank you very much.

No. 202 - arriving mail art "Hotel Restaurant Bismarck" from Uli Grohmann (Germany)

No. 202 - arriving mail art "Hotel Restaurant Bismarck" from Uli Grohmann (Germany) - a repro after and old postcards with a german restaurant from Chicago. Thank you very much.

No. 201 - arriving mail art "postcard from the future ... and the past" from Peter Backes (France)

No. 201 - arriving mail art "postcard from the future ... and from the past" from Peter Backes (France) - this time Peter has sent me a postcard from his holiday in France, from the city Metz, the postcard is a so-called postcard from the future. Peter has collaged some of his Bismarck Portraits to it. Thank you very much.

No. 200 - arriving mail art "Bismarck and even more alcohol" from Angela Behrendt (Germany)

No. 200 - arriving mail art "Bismarck and even more alcohol" from Angela Behrendt (Germany) - another stitched postcard, this time with a bottle of alcohol with a Bismarck label on it. Thank you very much.

No. 199 - arriving mail art "libertà" from Mauro Ceselli (Italia)

No. 199 - arriving mail art "libertà" from Mauro Ceselli (Italia) - a painted postcard about the the the thme freedom. Thank you very much.

... next postal experiment ...

I will drop the envelope as well as the letter separately inside the mail box. I just put some extra Bismarck artistamp on it. just to see what the post office will do with it, maybe they bring both together? a kind of conceptual art.

No. 197 & No. 198 - arriving mail art "Er wurde einfach nicht mehr gebraucht..." & "Otto's Beste" from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany)

No. 197 & No. 198 - arriving mail art "Er wurde einfach nicht mehr gebraucht..." & "Otto's Beste" from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany) - Heinz has sent two mail art, one is a collaged postcard with refers two the famous image "Der Lotse geht von Bord" (dropping the pilot). The other one is a package of fishes. Thank you very much.

No. 196 - arriving mail art from me (Germany)

No. 196 - arriving mail art from me (Germany) - the envelope of the postal experiment (see below) came already with a second cancelation of the postage stamp, nothing more.