Donnerstag, 4. Februar 2010

No. 386 - arriving mail art "From Bismarck's helmet collection - Friday" from Angela Behrendt (Germany)




No. 386 - arriving mail art "From Bismarck's helmet collection - Friday" from Angela Behrendt (Germany) - the 4th stitched helmet of this wonderful collection - this time with a pinched fish on the peak of the helmet. Angela wrote to the backside "friday is my day". It refers to the habit to eat fish on fridays. Thank you very much.

No. 385 - arriving mail art "wenn einer eine Reise macht!" from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany)



No. 385 - arriving mail art "wenn einer eine Reise macht!" from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany) - Heinz sent in an incredible collage which I would never have been dared to do that. It is an old calender board form around 1900 with a colour lithograph of a harbor. In the center he collaged a bloody portrait of Bismarck, and a folded ship which is from the well known turkish artist Ayşe Erkmen. Heinz got it from the opening exhibition "shipped ships" in 2001. On the backside of this board he collaged another szenery, the assassination attempt to Bismarck which take place in Bad Kissingen 1874. Nearby a bloody jacket. Thank you very much.

Mittwoch, 3. Februar 2010

No. 384 - arriving mail art "When Otto meets Andreas ..." from Servane Morel (Belgium)

No. 384 - arriving mail art "When Otto meets Andreas ..." from Servane Morel (Belgium) - a funny painting by Servane, a combination of two of my mail art calls. Otto von Bismarck is dancing with Andreas Hofer (my former call). Thank you very much.
see her blog: http://mailartpostal.canalblog.com/
Servane has a mail art call about the seven world antique wonders: http://merveillesdumondemailart.blogspot.com/

No. 383 - arriving mail art "From Bismarck's helmet collection - Sunday" from Angela Behrendt (Germany)


No. 383 - arriving mail art "From Bismarck's helmet collection - Sunday" from Angela Behrendt (Germany) - the third stitched helmet of this wonderful collection - this time with a cross on the peak of the helmet. Backseides she worte "Hallelujah". Thank you very much.

No. 382 - arriving mail art from Friedrich Hucke (Germany)










No. 382 - arriving mail art from Friedrich Hucke (Germany) - Friedrich, an artist which lived in Spain, has sent this colourful collecetion of artprints from Germany to my home. Some of the images where printed in big size sheets (DIN A3), full of irony, the battleship Bismarck with sexy girls, another one with clowns even one with Jonathan Meese on board, another with the tower of Babel or with exploding fishes etc. simply a wonderfull collection of his typical art works in this surrealistic style. Thank you very much.
see his page with his Casa del Arte: http://www.fincafritz.realxxl.de/

No. 380 & No. 381 - arriving mail art "Fröhlich & Kaufmann ... und Otto" & "Mit Uhu oder..." from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany)




No. 380 & No. 381 - arriving mail art "Fröhlich & Kaufmann ... und Otto" & "Mit Uhu oder..." from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany) - two more funny sendings from Heinz, the first one is an advertising from a bookstore in which he includes a helmet dog. the second refers to teh assassination attempt on Bismarck which took place in Bad Kissingen in 1874. Thank you very much.

No. 379 - arriving mail art "Motto-Birel" from Ahrlich van Ohlen (Italy)


No. 379 - arriving mail art "Motto-Birel" from Ahrlich van Ohlen (Italy) - this time Ahrlich has sent his mail art from Rome, where he had his Rome-Walks. He modified one of the skulpture of Marc Aurel into a Bismarck skulpture. Thank you very much.

No. 378 - arriving mail art "Image Fulgurator" from Wolfgang Skodd (Germany)



No. 378 - arriving mail art "Image Fulgurator" from Wolfgang Skodd (Germany) - Wolfgang has sent me infiormation about the artist Julius von Bismarck which has invented the so-called image fulgurator. Thank you very much. (By the way I have to pay postage due for it.)

Dienstag, 2. Februar 2010

No. 377 - arriving mail art "From Bismarck's helmet collection - Birthday" from Angela Behrendt (Germany)


No. 377 - arriving mail art "From Bismarck's helmet collection - Birthday" from Angela Behrendt (Germany) - the second helmet of Angela's hilarious idea. Here the helmet Bismarck has worn on his birthdays, instead of a peak there is a candle. Backside she wrote "ths same procedure like every year..."Thank you very much.

Montag, 1. Februar 2010

No. 376 - arriving mail art "From Bismarck's helmet collection - Monday" from Angela Behrendt (Germany)


No. 376 - arriving mail art "From Bismarck's helmet collection - Monday" from Angela Behrendt (Germany) - a hilarious idea from Angela, she stitched the helmet for Monday with real pimples on the peak. On the backside she worte "Eine echte Pickelhaube" literally a real pimple helmet. Thank you very much.

No. 375 - arriving mail art "Otto von Bismarck" from Jennifer Zoellner (USA)


No. 375 - arriving mail art "Otto von Bismarck" from Jennifer Zoellner (USA) - a collage made out of a colourful bird with several cronw around. Thank you very much.

Samstag, 30. Januar 2010

I have some of these sheets left, if anybody is interesting in having one of it, please let me know in a comment - it is a little article about my mail art project - only in german

No. 374 - arriving mail art "conceptual pot" from Peter Dowker (Canada)


No. 374 - arriving mail art "conceptual pot" from Peter Dowker (Canada) - Peter has sent it as a postcard, it is the 7th submission of the conceptual pot by Takako Saito (which can be seen here: http://bismarck-mail-art.blogspot.com/2009/09/no-138-arriving-mail-art-from-takako.html). Peter put three letters of the sign language "O V B" inside the pot. Thank you very much.see his blog: http://flipflopmailart.blogspot.com/

No. 373 - arriving mail art "Stickvorlage" from Angela Behrendt (Germany)


No. 373 - arriving mail art "Stickvorlage" from Angela Behrendt (Germany) - the embroidery sample which was sent by Uli Grohmann to Angela (see No. 372) has been modified in this way, Angela just stitched the frame around and said "no more cross stitchings any more" on the backside she fixed some colour threads to stitch it myself. Thank you very much.

No. 372 - arriving mail art "Stickvorlage" from Uli Grohmann (Germany)


No. 372 - arriving mail art "Stickvorlage" from Uli Grohmann (Germany) - Uli has sent a photograph of an embroidery sample he has sent to Angela Behrendt. The very same day this modified sample came into my mail box - see No. 373. Thank you very much

No. 370 & No. 371 - arriving mail art "Ottos Asche" & "Otto finde ich gut" from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany)





No. 370 & No. 371 - arriving mail art "Ottos Asche" & "Otto finde ich gut" from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany) - two more funny sendings from Heinz, the first one is sent in an envelope he got from Angela Behrendt, inside he puts a matchbox with the ash of Otto. The second is a collage: Otto is surfing on his helmet. Thank you very much.

Freitag, 29. Januar 2010

No. 369 - arriving mail art from Stan Askew (USA)


No. 369 - arriving mail art from Stan Askew (USA) - an artprint made out different postage stamp in which he collaged a Bismarck portrait. Backsides another Bismarck with butterfly wings. Thank you very much.

Donnerstag, 28. Januar 2010

No. 368 - arriving mail art "es gibt immer eine Lösung" from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany)


No. 368 - arriving mail art "es gibt immer eine Lösung" from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany) - Heinz refers to his very much sendings I got fot this call and asked me whether I'm overlotzed. Thank you very much.

Mittwoch, 27. Januar 2010

No. 367 - arriving mail art "Das ist langsam zu einseitig!" from Ahlrich van Ohlen (Germany)

No. 367 - arriving mail art "Das ist langsam zu einseitig!" from Ahlrich van Ohlen (Germany) - lots of little Bismarcks all are calling "Bismarck" except one who told that this is becoming lopsided. And indeed Ahlrich just illustrate only one side of the card - the other side is blanc. Thank you very much.