Samstag, 25. Juli 2009

No. 31 - arriving mail art "Bis-Mark Monument Stuttgart" from Gunter Schwind - arttower (Germany)


No. 31 - arriving mail art "Bis-Mark Monument Stuttgart" from Gunter Schwind - arttower (Germany) - a collaged postcard with the Bismarck tower from Stuttgart together with several other collages. Thank you very much.

No. 30 - arriving mail art "der Bismarckhering - der Pottwal" from Anonymous (Germany)


No. 30 - arriving mail art "der Bismarckhering - der Pottwal" from Anonymous (Germany) - a postcard from Daniel Behrendt "Postkarten an Mutti" has been used for this additional collage over it. Maybe it has been done from Heinz W. Lotz, but there is no sign on it. Thank you very much

... the Museum where the mail art exhibition will take place ...


Freitag, 24. Juli 2009

No. 29 - arriving mail art from Dmitry Babenko (Russia)


No. 29 - arriving mail art from Dmitry Babenko (Russia) - Dmitry has worked out a second painting in his typical way on recycled card board, the portrait of Bismarck seems to be as well a stencil on painted background. Thank you very much.

No. 28 - arriving mail art "Pop-Art Otto der II." from Wolfgang Skodd (Germany)


No. 28 - arriving mail art "Pop-Art Otto der II." from Wolfgang Skodd (Germany) - a second popart portrait of Bismarck in the very german colours black, red and golden. Thank you very much.

No. 27 - arriving mail art "Otto" from Nicole Eippers (Belgium)


No. 27 - arriving mail art "Otto" from Nicole Eippers (Belgium) - a nice authentical handdrawn portrait on postcard, together with her flying pig. Thank you very much.
Nicole has a calls about pigs and about noah's arch:
http://piggyonemailart.blogspot.com/

Donnerstag, 23. Juli 2009

No. 26 - arriving mail art from Dmitry Babenko (Russia)


No. 26 - arriving mail art from Dmitry Babenko (Russia) - Dmitry has worked out a painting in his typical way on recycled card board, the portrait of Bismarck seems to be a stencil. Thank you very much.

No. 25 - arriving mail art from R. F. Côté (Canada)


No. 25 - arriving mail art from R. F. Côté (Canada) - Rejean François made a stencil and has decorated the envelope with it but put inside the stencil itself. Thank you very much.

No. 24 - arriving mail art "Postgut - Der Bismarckhering Version 3" from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany)


No. 24 - arriving mail art "Postgut - Der Bismarckhering Version 3" from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany) - the third variation of the original work by Angela Behrendt, Heinz wrote to it: Der Bismarckhering wäre gern ein Bismarck Walfisch. Thank you very much.

... the new rubberstamps I made ...


Mittwoch, 22. Juli 2009

No. 23 - arriving mail art "Gundling Meese Erzstaat Otto Bismarck" from Jonathan Meese (Germany) sent in by Angela Behrendt (Germany)


No. 23 - arriving mail art "Gundling Meese Erzstaat Otto Bismarck" from Jonathan Meese (Germany) sent in by Angela Behrendt (Germany) - a stunning submission from well known performance artist Jonathan Meese. Angela Behrendt told me that she wants to go to a vernisage of Jonathan Meese and I asked her why not ask the artist to make me a mail art for my new call, and she did and Meese too. Jonathan Meese wrote "Otto Bismarck" on his artist card, signed and dated it - and in a way it is well fitting to the theme because the artist it holding the german eagle in this portrait. Angela sent the card inside an envelope in which she used the Bismarck stamps I have sent to her and the text "er hat sich nur schwach geäußert" (he expressed himself in a weakly way). Thank you very much for this highlight in the collection.
see the wikipedia article about the artist: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Meese
and the german version here: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Meese

No. 22 - arriving mail art "Deutschland und die Welt" from Peter Backes (Germany)


No. 22 - arriving mail art "Deutschland und die Welt" from Peter Backes (Germany) - a partly cut out silhouette with an old map inside the body of Bismarck. Thank you very much.

Dienstag, 21. Juli 2009

No. 21 - arriving mail art "Otto von Bismarck - Ehrenbezeigung" from Paul Tiililä (Finland)


No. 21 - arriving mail art "Otto von Bismarck - Ehrenbezeigung" from Paul Tiililä (Finland) - a big sized photo of a computer animated arrangement. Thank you very much.

No. 20 - arriving mail art "Blood and Iron" from Patrizia C. - tictac (Germany)



No. 20 - arriving mail art "Blood and Iron" from Patrizia C. - tictac (Germany) - Patrizia has made two artistamp sheets, one with the title "blood and iron" the other one showing Bismarck and Garibaldi peparing sausage; title: Bismarck and Garibaldi caught trying to make french sausages - code name Nice. Thank you very much.

No. 19 - arriving mail art "Mit Gesetzen ist es wie mit Würstchen..." from Henning Mittendorf (Germany)



No. 19 - arriving mail art "Mit Gesetzen ist es wie mit Würstchen. Es ist besser, wenn man nicht sieht, wie sie gemacht werden" from Henning Mittendorf (Germany) - computer animated collage showing Bismarck like a clown (Hanswurst) in front of a parliament, with the statement that making laws is similar to making sausage, better do not see how both were made. Thank you very much.

No. 18 - arriving mail art "This naughty boy won't ever become a Jedi !" from Uli Grohmann (Germany)


No. 18 - arriving mail art "This naughty boy won't ever become a Jedi !" from Uli Grohmann (Germany) - another mail art about the iconic Bismarck picutre "dropping the pilot" here with a modified face of Bismarck. Thank you very much.

No. 16 & No. 17 - arriving mail art "Otto privat" & "Grosse Koalition" from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany)


No. 16 & No. 17 - arriving mail art "Otto privat" & "Grosse Koalition" from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany) - two more interesting collage using several Bismarck images. Thank you very much.

Montag, 20. Juli 2009

No. 15 - arriving mail art from Daniel C. Boyer (USA)


No. 15 - arriving mail art from Daniel C. Boyer (USA) - inside this over and over with postage stamps decorated envelope there is a real surrealist portrait of Otto von Bismarck, worked out in black ink. It seems to be in a state of dissolving and it is an example of his advanced entoptic graphomanias.
Thank you very much.

Samstag, 18. Juli 2009

No. 13 & No. 14 - arriving mail art "Der Lotse geht von Bord" and "Der Laotse geht von Bord" from Mischa Gerloff (Germany)




No. 13 & No. 14 - arriving mail art "Der Lotse geht von Bord" and "Der Laotse geht von Bord" from Mischa Gerloff (Germany) - Mischa has used one of the most iconic picture of Bismarck, while he is leaving the boat, the socalled "dropping the pilot", here just with a modern ship and the variation with the funny pun of Laotse. Thank you very much.
see his page: http://www.mailart.kulturnation.de/

No. 12 - arriving mail art "Otto" from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany)


No. 12 - arriving mail art "Otto" from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany) - one more funny collage using an image which I made inside a mail art Tarot book for K. Frank Jensen. Thank you very much.

Freitag, 17. Juli 2009

No. 11 - arriving mail art from Wolfgang Skodd (Germany)


No. 11 - arriving mail art from Wolfgang Skodd (Germany) - a popart Portrait of Bismarck in the very german colours black, red and golden. Thank you very much.

No. 10 - arriving mail art "Der Bismarkhering - Version 2 from Angela Behrendt & Heinz W. Lotz (Germany)


No. 10 - arriving mail art "Der Bismarkhering - Version 2" from Angela Behrendt & Heinz W. Lotz (Germany) - a coproduction between these two artists. Heinz has used the stitched first version of the fish and made a collage out of it and sent it first to Angela. She has sent it to me without any further postage stamp on it - so there are two cancelation of the post office on the stamp, first from 6th of July and the second from 16th. Thank you very much

Donnerstag, 16. Juli 2009

No. 9 - arriving mail art "Oh Otto!" from Angela Behrendt (Germany)



No. 9 - arriving mail art "Oh Otto!" from Angela Behrendt (Germany) - a painted sheet like a fomer german flag, worked out as stitched artistamps with the name Otto on every single stamp. Thank you very much for this wonderful idea.

Mittwoch, 15. Juli 2009

No. 8 - arriving mail art from Dr. Brignone (Italy)


No. 8 - arriving mail art from Dr. Brignone (Italy) - collaged postcard combining a male nude model together with Otto von Bismarck in military uniform. Thank you very much.