Donnerstag, 30. September 2010

No. 716 - arriving mal art from Evie Satijadi (Indonesia)


No. 716 - arriving mal art from Evie Satijadi (Indonesia) - a big surprise from far away, the first mail art from this country. Evie has drawn little bismarck figures, which are climbing alog threads. Thank you very much.

Mittwoch, 29. September 2010

No. 715 - arriving mail art from Ottmar Bergmann (Sweden)


No. 715 - arriving mail art from Ottmar Bergmann (Sweden) - an over and over collaged and colourfull postcard arrived today, several funny statements around.Thank you very much.

Dienstag, 28. September 2010

No. 714 - arriving mail art "Grausame Räuber, die wir waren" from Ahlrich van Ohlen (Germany)


No. 714 - arriving mail art "Grausame Räuber, die wir waren" from Ahlrich van Ohlen (Germany) - a collage with a map of the Bismarck Arichipel combined with some other collages about the war. Thank you very much.

Samstag, 25. September 2010

No. 713 - arriving mail art "Sabotage" from Marc-André Drouin (Canada)


No. 713 - arriving mail art "Sabotage" from Marc-André Drouin (Canada) - a little painted portrait of Otto von Bismarck, which has been obviously sabotaged. Thank you very much.

No. 712 - arriving mail art "Otto EBT...Poesie als Dada" from Rainer Wieczorek (Germany)


No. 712 - arriving mail art "Otto EBT...Poesie als Dada" from Rainer Wieczorek (Germany) - Rainer has modified a commercial postcard with collages and writings. Thank you very much.

Freitag, 24. September 2010

Donnerstag, 23. September 2010

No. 711 - arriving mail art "From Otto's helmet Collection : souvenir from Mexiko (unused)" from Angela Behrendt (Germany)



No. 711 - arriving mail art "From Otto's helmet Collection : souvenir from Mexiko (unused)" from Angela Behrendt (Germany) - A typical mexican cap of a liquor bottle turned into a helmet. The other item it a little glas with an advertising on it "Fürst Bismarck" a typical liquor brand. Thank you very much.

No. 710 - arriving mail art "Dritter Zustellversuch" from Uli Grohmann (Germany)


No. 710 - arriving mail art "Dritter Zustellversuch" from Uli Grohmann (Germany) - it is the third time he wanted to sent this kind of card, this time with an original postage stamp, some days ago I got the the other two cards, which I have to set free by paying surcharge, see below. Thank you very much.

Mittwoch, 22. September 2010

No. 707 - No. 709 - arriving mail art from Anonymous (Germany)




No. 707 - No. 709 - arriving mail art from Anonymous (Germany)- these are some of pink cards which were arrested at the post office for several weeks / months, I had to pay some surcharge to get them free. Thank you very much.

No. 704 - No. 706 - arriving mail art from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany)






No. 704 - No. 706 - arriving mail art from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany) - these are some pink cards which were arrested at the post office for several weeks, I had to pay some surchargre to get them free. Thank you very much.

No. 703 - arriving mail art "Lieblingslabel von Ottos Ehefrau" from Angela Behrendt (Germany)


No. 703 - arriving mail art "Lieblingslabel von Ottos Ehefrau" from Angela Behrendt (Germany) - using one of the pink cards, but this time with regular postage stamp on it, she fixed a textile label "Fishbone" in front of Bismarck's wife. Thank you very much.

Dienstag, 21. September 2010

No. 702 - arriving mail art from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany)


No. 702 - arriving mail art from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany) - a new collage from Heinz showing a poratrait of Guiseppe Garibaldi with special glasses, inside you can see portraits of Cesare Abba and Otto von Bismarck. Thank you very much.

Montag, 20. September 2010

No. 701 - arriving mail art parcel from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany)



No. 701 - arriving mail art parcel from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany) - today a little parcel arrived; inside a sculpture - a painted and carved coconut potrait of Otto von Bismarck, inside two additional collages to explain this work. Thank you very much.

Samstag, 18. September 2010

No. 700 - arriving mail art "neue Erkenntnisse im Fall Otto von Bismarck" from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany)

No. 700 - arriving mail art "neue Erkenntnisse im Fall Otto von Bismarck" from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany) - another funny collage arrived today with a skull which seems to have a helmet included to the bone structure. Thank you very much.
see information about the artist here: http://www.bbk-darmstadt.de/Lotz,%20Heinz.htm

Freitag, 17. September 2010

No. 699 - arriving mail art from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany)



No. 699 - arriving mail art from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany) - two pink cards he did: one is titled "don't think pink" the other one is a little assemblage and is titled "dem Kaiser klingelt es in den Ohren" (the bells are ringing inside the emperor's ears). Wires are coming out ot the ears of the emperor Wilhelm II. on each you an see a little portrait of Bismarck. Thank you very much.

Mittwoch, 15. September 2010

No. 698 - arriving mail art "Geografische Verteilung des Namens Bismarck in Deutschland" from Andreas A. Koch (Germany)



No. 698 - arriving mail art "Geografische Verteilung des Namens Bismarck in Deutschland" from Andreas A. Koch (Germany) - Andreas has sent a photo of the geografical extension in germany of the name Bismarck. within you can find out the map of Germany. Thank you very much.
see his page: http://www.andreas-a-koch.de/

No. 697 - arriving mail art "Bismarcks Bündispolitik - streng vertraulich" from Angela Behrendt (Germany)





No. 697 - arriving mail art "Bismarcks Bündispolitik - streng vertraulich" from Angela Behrendt (Germany) - a funny coincidence because Angela has sent me a similar helmet which he got from Heinz to modify it, which she did not. see post below. Inside the envelope a top secret handwriting, she has found in a libary and a little picture frame. Thank you very much.

No. 696 - arriving mail art from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany)


No. 696 - arriving mail art from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany) - inside a decorated envelope a big-sirzed red helmet. Thank you very much.

No. 695 - arriving mail art "Otto von B." from "E" (France)


No. 695 - arriving mail art "Otto von B." from "E" (France) - a decorated envelope with a linocut and a little painting of three wise Bismarck-monkeys (?) with typical helmets on. Thank you very much.
see his new mail art call with blog: http://expositionsingeschaunois.blogspot.com/

Montag, 13. September 2010

No. 694 - arriving mail art "Foto Otto" from Angela Behrendt (Germany)


No. 694 - arriving mail art "Foto Otto" from Angela Behrendt (Germany) - Angela has stitched a photo of Bismarck (funny paradox idea!) she worked it out after a scratched negative I got from Heinz Lotz, which you can see here://bismarck-mail-art.blogspot.com/2010/03/no_20.html Thank you very much.