No. 289 - arriving mail art from Wilhelm Schramm (Austria)

No. 289 - arriving mail art from Wilhelm Schramm (Austria) - Wilhelm made a funny collage out of the typical Bismarck Hering and a portrait of Bismarck himself. Thank you very much.

see his page: http://www.wilhelmschramm.com/

No. 288 - arriving mail art "11880 - Bismarck, Otto Fürst von" from Benjamin Böhm (Germany)

No. 288 - arriving mail art "11880 - Bismarck, Otto Fürst von" from Benjamin Böhm (Germany)

Benjamin has looked for the telephone number of Bismarck, and this is the result of the internet research. Thank you very much.

No. 286 & No. 287 - arriving mail art "Vorsicht Mail Art" & "Der Blick ist wach..." from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany)

No. 286 & No. 287 - arriving mail art "Vorsicht Mail Art" & "Der Blick ist wach..." from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany) - two more collages: one with a historical postcard from Arheiligen, where Heinz Lives, the other is a sci-fi Bismarck monster. Thank you very much

No. 285 - arriving mail art "telegrama postal - Otto von Bismarck" from Pedro Bericat (Spain)

No. 285 - arriving mail art "telegrama postal - Otto von Bismarck" from Pedro Bericat (Spain) - Pedro used a typography of the year 1940 and made a collage out of it. Thank you very much.

see his page: www.mutesound.org

No. 284 - arriving mail art "Ein neuer Warhol für das Bismarck Museum" from Uli Grohmann(Germany)

No. 284 - arriving mail art "Ein neuer Warhol für das Bismarck Museum" from Uli Grohmann(Germany) - another photography of this gallery in which you can see several mail art Uli has sent in. It seems that one mail art is lost. Thank you very much

No. 283 - arriving mail art "Eiserner Kanzler" from Angela Behrendt (Germany)

No. 283 - arriving mail art "Eiserner Kanzler" from Angela Behrendt (Germany) - Angela has sent a piece of iron with a label on it. Thank you very much.

No. 282 - arriving mail art "Otto von Bismarck in der Campagnie" from Anonymous (Germany)

No. 282 - arriving mail art "Otto von Bismarck in der Campagne" from Anonymous (Germany) - a modification of the famous painting by Tischbein, representing Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, her with the face of Bismarck. It looked like Uli Grohmann has sent it, but it has been sent anonymously. Thank you very much

... some books related to Mail Art ...

Mail Art An Annotated Bibliography by John Held Jr. from 1991 / Ray Johnsons Paper Snake from 1965 / Catalogue of the Ray Johnson exhibition in 1999 / the Art hats from 1983 / A Mail Art catalogue from 1982
I plan to exhibit those catalogues related to Mail Art in the Bismarck Mail Art show in 2011. Feel free to sent me some catalogues if you think they might be exhibited too.

No. 281 - arriving mail art "Bye Bye Bismarck" from Lisette Candela (France)

No. 281 - arriving mail art "Bye Bye Bismarck" from Lisette Candela (France) - Lisette has drawn a wonderful watercolor with a skull and a typical helmet of the Bismarckian aera, some crows are flying around the skull. Thank you very much.

No. 280 - arriving mail art "Eisen & Blut! von führenden Politikern empfohlen" from Mischa Gerloff (Germany)

No. 280 - arriving mail art "Eisen & Blut! von führenden Politikern empfohlen" from Mischa Gerloff (Germany) - Mischa has collaged a funny arrangement with an adverstising about sanitary towels and Bismarck . Thank you very much.

see his page: http://www.mailart.kulturnation.de/

No. 279 - arriving mail art "Forelle, Makrele & Co." from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany)

No. 279 - arriving mail art "Forelle, Makrele & Co." from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany) - another collage by Heinz showing a nun with a Bismarck face preparing some fish. Thank you very much

No. 278 - arriving mail art "postal experiment" by me

No. 278 - arriving mail art "postal experiment" by me - I posted this empty destroyed envelope last week into the mailbox, just with an additional Bismarck artistamp on. Now it came back this way, with a second postage stamp.

... status of the Bismarck Sausage ...

the status of the sausage of No. 259 today (see: http://bismarck-mail-art.blogspot.com/2009/12/no-258-arriving-mail-art-from-kommissar.html)

No. 277 - arriving mail art "Bismarck's favorite label - fishbone" from Angela Behrendt (Germany)

No. 277 - arriving mail art "Bismarck's favorite label - fishbone" from Angela Behrendt (Germany) - refering to the No. 263 Angela made this mail art with a stitched label on it. It is sent without any valid postage stamp on it. Thank you very much.

No. 276 -arriving mail art "Otto Dreimal null ist null bleibt null" from Jörg Seifert (Germany)

No. 276 -arriving mail art "Otto Dreimal null ist null bleibt null" from Jörg Seifert (Germany) - Jörg has sent a photograph with some modofications on it - backsides he wrote "3 Ottos machen auch keinen Frühling". Inside the envelope there are some postcards and a painting. Thank you very much.

see his page: http://www.kunstkeller-annaberg.de/

... little christmas edition ...

artistamp after a mail art by Dmitry Babenko (Russia) with acrylic paint
limited edition, if you like to have a mail art where one of this artistamp is included sent me a Bismarck Mail Art and let me know.

No. 274 & No. 275 - arriving mail art "Otto von Bismarck" from Erich Sündermann (Austria)

No. 274 & No. 275 - arriving mail art "Otto von Bismarck" from Erich Sündermann (Austria) - two more little drawing showing Bismarck in the mountains together with a monster. Thank you very much.

No. 273 - arriving mail art "Bismarck Bahnhof" from Heike Hofstede (Germany)

No. 273 - arriving mail art "Bismarck Bahnhof" from Heike Hofstede (Germany) - Heike has used a map with a railway station from Hannover named after Bismarck and collaged two little frames with parts of a Bismarck portrait to it. Thank you very much.

No. 271 & No. 272 - arriving mail art "abermalbismarckwiederum" & "Wer will Waffen?" from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany)

No. 271 & No. 272 - arriving mail art "abermalbismarckwiederum" & "Wer will Waffen?" from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany) - two more collages from Heinz, one of them a critical one about a Santa Claus who is distributing arms as christmas gifts. Thank you very much.

No. 270 - arriving mail art "Lotz of Bismarck" from Peter Dowker (Canada)

No. 270 - arriving mail art "Lotz of Bismarck" from Peter Dowker (Canada) - Peter refers in a very funny way to several mail art collages of Heinz W. Lotz and did a word pun on his surname. He collaged 12 Bismarck portraits to a card board. Backsides he uses some of the artistamps I have sent to him. Thank you very much.

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

No. 269 - arriving mail art "Mail Art Tree - Hommage to Otto von Bismarck" from Roberto Formigoni (Italy)

No. 269 - arriving mail art "Mail Art Tree - Hommage to Otto von Bismarck" from Roberto Formigoni (Italy) - again an over and over decorated envelope full of colour and ideas. Inside lots of stuff (see my other blog) but as well the modified "conceptual pot" by Takako Saito. The pot has become a colourfull tansformation into a christmas tree, with lots of images and drawing from former mail art correspondence of each other. Thank you very much.
see his page: http://www.formiga39.it/

No. 268 - arriving mail art "Bismarck Schlachtschiff" from Angela Behrendt (Germany)

No. 268 - arriving mail art "Bismarck Schlachtschiff" from Angela Behrendt (Germany) - it is the first 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) which came back to me. Here a really funny inpretation because Angela worked out a little boat; inside Takako and Bismarck are sitting close together. The envelope which shows a t-shirt can be regarded as puzzle piece to the mail art I got from Wolfgang Skodd some days ago (see here: http://bismarck-mail-art.blogspot.com/2009/11/no-254-arriving-mail-art-otto-von.html) Thank you very much.

No. 267 - arriving mail art from Robert Znajomski (Poland)

No. 267 - arriving mail art from Robert Znajomski (Poland) - a decorated envelope with an image of Bismarck and a little Bismarck drawing on it. Inside a christmas card, an artprint, a little red painted card with a helmet on it and an old newspaper illustration about a shadow game you can make with your hands - the result looks like a Bismarck portrait. Thank you very much.

No. 266 - arriving mail art "5 Möglichkeiten Bismarck Post zu versenden" from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany)

No. 266 - arriving mail art "5 Möglichkeiten Bismarck Post zu versenden" from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany) - Heinz has used a flyer from the post office and modified in his special way, how to send Bismarck Post to me. Thank you very much.

No. 265 - arriving mail art "The Rise of Bismarkism" from Darrell U. Black (Germany)

No. 265 - arriving mail art "The Rise of Bismarkism" from Darrell U. Black (Germany) - a big sized envelope sent as registred letter with a colourful drawing of a Bismarck portrait inside. Beisde a flyer and some inforamation of the artist's career. Darrel is an american artist who lives in Germany.Thank you very much.

see his page: http://digitalconsciousness.com/artists/DarrellBlack/

or: http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/darrell-black.html