No. 246 - arriving mail art "Come va Bismarck?" from Bruno Chiarlone (Italy)

No. 246 - arriving mail art "Come va Bismarck?" from Bruno Chiarlone (Italy) - Bruno is asking me the question "how is Bismarck doing?" Thank you very much.

No. 245 - arriving mail art "wanted wanted" from Lothar Trott (Switzerland)

No. 245 - arriving mail art "wanted wanted" from Lothar Trott (Switzerland) - Lothar has used several paper stuff from other artists here to create his collage, f. ex. a postcard by Stan Askew and some artistamps from Bruno Chiarlone. Thank you very much.

No. 244 - arriving mail art "Otto informiert" from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany)

No. 244 - arriving mail art "Otto informiert" from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany) - the next collage arrived (Heinz please obey the formats of the post office! - again postal taxe to pay). The image shows the possibilities of the world of consumption and a critical aspect. Thank you very much.

No. 243 - arriving mail art "Otto Heimleuchten/ Muster anbei" from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany)

No. 243 - arriving mail art "Otto Heimleuchten/ Muster anbei" from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany) - a big sized collaged with painting and a little light bulb on it. Thank you very much.

No. 242 - arriving mail art "Bismarck beim Verfeinern der Emser Depesche" from Uli Grohmann (Germany)

No. 242 - arriving mail art "Bismarck beim Verfeinern der Emser Depesche" from Uli Grohmann (Germany) - Uli has used a famous painting by Carl Spitzweg and used the head of Bismarck for the poet. Thank you very much.

No. 241 - arriving mail art from Dr. Brignone (Italy)

No. 241 - arriving mail art from Dr. Brignone (Italy) - a second variation of a collaged and modified comic strip with Bismarck in it as a soldier. Thank you very much.
see his blogs: http://rossinimailart.blogspot.com/
or: http://creaturesmailartcall.blogspot.com/

No. 240 - arriving mail art from Aaron Almeida Holmquist (Venezuela)

No. 240 - arriving mail art from Aaron Almeida Holmquist (Venezuela) - Aaron has sent an artprint with collaged changed faces of the two person Bismarck and the president of Venezuela, Hugo Chavéz. Thank you very much.
see his blog: http://holmquistartecorreo.blogspot.com/

No. 239 - arriving mail art "wer muß unter die Soldaten?" from Anonymous (Germany)

No. 239 - arriving mail art "wer muß unter die Soldaten?" from Anonymous (Germany) - a collage combined with an old postcard from world war I. Thank you very much.

No. 238 - arriving mail art from Uli Grohmann (Germany)

No. 238 - arriving mail art from Uli Grohmann (Germany) - Uli has used a famous graphical work by Albrecht Dürer and modified the knight with a Bismarck head. Thank you very much.

No. 237 - arriving mail art from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany)

No. 237 - arriving mail art from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany) - Heinz has used a historical postcard and fixed a Bismarck portrait inside the heart. Thank you very much.

No. 236 - arriving mail art "Bismarck's favorite pullover" from Angela Behrendt (Germany)

No. 236 - arriving mail art "Bismarck's favorite pullover" from Angela Behrendt (Germany) - a colourful image of several pullovers. She used as well two of the Bismarck stamps. Angela has used an artcard from Friedrich Kunath - and besides these pullovers are socks. Thank you very much.

No. 235 - arriving mail art "blue sensation mail art Bismarckstr." from Wolfgang Skodd (Germany)

No. 235 - arriving mail art "blue sensation mail art Bismarckstr." from Wolfgang Skodd (Germany) - another view of a Bismarck street together with a printed on Bismarck artistamp. Backsides with the famous blue bananas. Thank you very much.
see his blog: http://bananaunderground.blogspot.com/

... my Bismarck twins for Ervin Zsubori, Hungary ...

see his project: http://arnolfini-mma.blogspot.com

No. 233 & No.234 - arriving mail art "Irgendwie Otto !" & "Hommage to Otto" from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany)

No. 233 & No.234 - arriving mail art "Irgendwie Otto !" & "Hommage to Otto" from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany) - two more collaged postcards from Heinz, the first is another modification of a stitched postcard by Angela Behrend, the second one (it came anonymously but I suppose it is as well from Heinz) shows some Bismarck vikings, backsides he used an altered image I did once about Yoko Ono. Thank you very much.

No. 232 - arriving mail art "Bismarck flower" from Nicole Eippers (Belgium)

No. 232 - arriving mail art "Bismarck flower" from Nicole Eippers (Belgium) - a collaged postcard with a Bismarck medaillon inside a flower. Thank you very much.

see her blog: http://piggyonemailart.blogspot.com

No. 231 - arriving mail art "art or Bismarck" from John M. Bennett (USA)

No. 231 - arriving mail art "art or Bismarck" from John M. Bennett (USA) - John has sent me one of his enigmatical portrait - her a portriat of Bismarck. Inside the envelope some other stuff like little artistbooklets and artcards with his works. Thank you very much.

see his page: http://www.johnmbennett.net/

or his blog: http://johnmbennettpoetry.blogspot.com/

No. 230 - arriving mail art "Zwischen Biskuit und Bison" from Peter Backes (Germany)

No. 230 - arriving mail art "Zwischen Biskuit und Bison" from Peter Backes (Germany) - a collaged page from a old dictionary, where Bismarck were placed between the lemmata Biskuit and Bison. Peter used as well his two artistamps for it. Thank you very much.

... Bismarck Souvenir Spoons ...

which can be seen at the new exhibition "Kunst und Kistsch" in Bad Kissingen

No. 228 & No.229 - arriving mail art "ich glaube an die Ottomanie..." from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany)

No. 228 & No.229 - arriving mail art "ich glaube an die Ottomanie..." from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany) - two more collaged sendings from Heinz, the first is about his mania about Otto, the second seems to be an image about a Bismarck party. Thank you very much.

No. 227 - arriving mail art "Ka Boom" from Horst Baur (Germany)

No. 227 - arriving mail art "Ka Boom" from Horst Baur (Germany) - Bismarck is riding a submarine. It is an idea he got in the city. Thank you very much.

No. 226 - arriving mail art "U2 Bismarck" from Elke Grundmann (Germany)

No. 226 - arriving mail art "U2 Bismarck" from Elke Grundmann (Germany) - a postcard with an illustration of the map of the Berlin metro station. Thank you very much.

No. 225 - arriving mail art from Angela Behrendt (Germany)

No. 225 - arriving mail art from Angela Behrendt (Germany) - Angela has used a commercial art-postcard from Goran Zivadinovic and collaged Bismarck images inside the gaping spaces. Thank you very much.

Raubkunst im Bundestag

http://www.rbb-online.de/kontraste/archiv/kontraste_vom_12_11/raubkunst_im_bundestag.html

here you can find an interesiting story (video) about a painting of Franz von Lenbach, a portrait of Otto von Bismarck, which was forced to sale in the Third Reich and which hang in the German Parliament - now the painting has been given back to the legal heirs - finally.

No. 224 - arriving mail art "Mit Zuckerbrot und Peitsche" from Angela Behrendt (Germany)

No. 224 - arriving mail art "Mit Zuckerbrot und Peitsche" from Angela Behrendt (Germany) - Angela refers to a saying which go back to the politics of Bismarck, the english expression for it is "the stick and the carrot". Thank you very much.

No. 223 - arriving mail art from me (Germany)

No. 223 - arriving mail art from me (Germany) - this sending was reposted by me without any valid postage stamp, first it came like I dropped it into the mail box, so I dropped it a second time, and this is how it came back with a letter of apology by the post office. It was sent inside a plastic cover which says "regrettable the item was damaged and therefore been provided with a plastic cover by the Deutsche Post".