... getting nuts ...

a historical nutcracker arrived today my home, around 1890, worked out in wood, isn't it almost
an expressive scuplture.... probably getting nuts in the next seconds...

... new research project about the painter C. W. Allers ...

this ink drawing I bought recently in an auction and it brought me to a new research concerning Otto von Bismarck and the artist Christian Wilhelm Allers, who became famous with his Bismarck Portraits, he is the one who popularized the image of this politician more than any other.
Exhibition will take place at the same location where the Mail Art Exhibition took place in March 2013
here a fantastic drawing by C. W. Allers, which he has been drawing inside a booklet in Shanghai the 27th April in 1898, during his long journey around the world. This item will be seen in this upcoming exhibition.

... catalogue and documentation of the Mail Art Project

... can be ordered here ...
full colour catalogue, 92 pages, size 21 x 21 cm, with many entries
text in german, english, french and italian
individual numbered and limited edition with an artistamp on the frontpage

No. 929 - arriving mail art from Connie Jean (USA)

No. 929 - arriving mail art from Connie Jean (USA) - a late submission from USA, obviously there is an airport called Bismarck Thank you very much.
see: http://mulletmail.blogspot.com

No. 928 - arriving mail art from Misses Ka. (Germany)

No. 928 - arriving mail art from Misses Ka. (Germany) - late submission with an expressionistic landscape from Erich Waske with a helmet over it. Thank you very much.

No. 927 - arriving mail art from Peter Backes (Germany)

No. 927 - arriving mail art from Peter Backes (Germany) - a very late submission from Peter, he has found an already sent postcard with a Bismarck monument. Thank you very much.

No. 926 - arriving mail art from Otto D. Sherman (USA)

No. 926 - arriving mail art from Otto D. Sherman (USA) - another late submission from Otto. He has made a thick booklet with many of his ironic artistamps inside. The package has been long captured by the german customs, but finally it arrived here. Thank you very much.
see his page: www.ottoart.com

No. 925 - arriving mail art from Otto D. Sherman (USA)

No. 925 - arriving mail art from Otto D. Sherman (USA) - a late submission from another Otto. It seems that there is something else on its way. here with a portrait of well-known mailartist Vittore Baroni. Thank you very much.
see his page: www.ottoart.com

No. 924 - arriving mail art from Frieder Speck (Germany)

No. 924 - arriving mail art from Frieder Speck (Germany) - Frieder has sent a drawing on a newspaper article backsides about the story of the only recorded speech of Bismarck which was found some weeks ago. Thank you.
here his blog: http://donthavenone.blogspot.com/

No. 923 - arriving mail art "Otto or Wilhem?" from RCBz (USA)

No. 923 - arriving mail art "Otto or Wilhem?" from RCBz (USA) - a photo of a naked girl with a helmet and a face on her butt. Thank you very much.

No. 922 - arriving mail art from Angela Behrendt (Germany)

No. 922 - arriving mail art from Angela Behrendt (Germany) - a wooden piece for a former rubberstamp with the helmet on it and the slogan "it's over now!". sent via postal experiment. Thank you very much,

No. 921 - arriving mail art from Peter Backes (Germany)

No. 921 - arriving mail art from Peter Backes (Germany) - a very late submission which refers to the sensational discovery of an original coserved voice of Bismarck. Thank you very much.

No. 920 - arriving mail art from Heike Sackmann (Germany)

No. 920 - arriving mail art from Heike Sackmann (Germany) - a very late submission from Heike, it is a rearranged Bismarck with former Mail Art material. Thank youvery much.
see her blog: http://narrenschiff-reloaded.blogspot.com/