Dienstag, 13. April 2010

No. 508 - arriving mail art "Ein Turm für Ritter" from Gunter Schwind - arttower (Germany)



No. 508 - arriving mail art "Ein Turm für Ritter" from Gunter Schwind - arttower (Germany) - a decorated envelope with lots of Bismarck stickers in pop art style. Inside more stickers for use. Thank you very much.
see his blog: http://arttowersmailart.blogspot.com/

No. 507 - arriving mail art "Ceci n'est pas une tete de pipe" from Uli Grohmann (Germany)


No. 507 - arriving mail art "Ceci n'est pas une tete de pipe" from Uli Grohmann (Germany) - Uli refers to the famous painting by René Magritte and dedicated the work to Angela. Thank you very much

No. 506 - arriving mail art "PS: Den Bart hat Claus gestiftet!" from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany)


No. 506 - arriving mail art "PS: Den Bart hat Claus gestiftet!" from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany) - one more letter from Heinz with a Bismarck sitting inside a bathtub wearing a real hairy beard. Inside a collaged advertising about a holiday trip to Bad Kissingen. Thank you very much.

No. 505 - arriving mail art "Saufen für die Kunst?" from Wolfgang Skodd (Germany)


No. 505 - arriving mail art "Saufen für die Kunst?" from Wolfgang Skodd (Germany) - Wolfgang has asked a provoking question "drinking for art?" with the Bismarck liquor. Thank you very much.

Donnerstag, 8. April 2010

No. 502 - No. 504 - arriving mail art "Alpen Radler " & "Bum Bum Ostergruss" & "Universal Ersatzpickel..." from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany)





No. 502 - No. 504 - arriving mail art "Alpen Radler " & "Bum Bum Ostergruss" & "Universal Ersatzpickel für Hauben gemäß Reichsverordnung DIN Otto XXL" from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany) - three new mail art sendings from Heinz. Two of his typical collaged postcards and a parcel with a replacement picked helmet inside a box. Thank you very much.

No. 501 - arriving mail art "The Bismarck Tribune" from Uli Grohmann (Germany)


No. 501 - arriving mail art "The Bismarck Tribune" from Uli Grohmann (Germany) - it seems the german doughnut is called Bismarck in Canada. Thank you very much.

Mittwoch, 7. April 2010

No. 500 - arriving mail art "Otto's favourite shaving soap" from Angela Behrendt (Germany)


No. 500 - arriving mail art "Otto's favourite shaving soap" from Angela Behrendt (Germany) - a postal experiment without using a valid postage stamp. Thank you very much.

Dienstag, 6. April 2010

No. 499 - arriving mail art "Otto bei den Sioux" from Peter Backes (Germany)



No. 499 - arriving mail art "Otto bei den Sioux" from Peter Backes (Germany) - Peter has collaged a wonderful, almost 3-dimensional work, representing Otto dancing for peace in the mountains of the Sioux Indians in North Dakota. Bismarck is wearing a real feather decor on his head. Peter has sent it inside a big sized envelope and gives us also the the story behind it. Really funny idea! Thank you very much.

No. 498 - arriving mail art "Happy Birthday" from Ahlrich van Ohlen (Germany)


No. 498 - arriving mail art "Happy Birthday" from Ahlrich van Ohlen (Germany) - according to Otto von Bismarck's 195th birthday on the 1th of April, Ahlrich made this birthday cake. Thank you very much.

No. 497 - arriving mail art from Pierpaolo Limongelli (Italy)


No. 497 - arriving mail art from Pierpaolo Limongelli (Italy) - Pierpaolo has made a transcendental portrait of Bismarck. Thank you very much.

No. 496 - arriving mail art from John M. Bennett (USA)



No. 496 - arriving mail art from John M. Bennett (USA) - John has sent back my Bismarck stencil I sent to him as an add&return sheet. Inside the letter several little artistbooklets. Thank you very much.
see his page: http://www.johnmbennett.net/
or his blog: http://johnmbennettpoetry.blogspot.com/

Donnerstag, 1. April 2010

No. 495 - arriving mail art "Otto" from Servane Morel (Belgium)

No. 495 - arriving mail art "Otto" from Servane Morel (Belgium) - another nice colourful portrait of Otto von Bismarck in a Picasso style painting. 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. 494 - arriving mail art "Otto fliegt der Deckel weg ..." from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany)


No. 494 - arriving mail art "Otto fliegt der Deckel weg ..." from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany) - another card of his serie as postal experiment, a photo of a snowman with collages. Thank you very much.

No. 493 - arriving mail art "1/4 Bismarck für 1/2 Ritter" from Wolfgang P. Brunner (Germany)


No. 493 - arriving mail art "1/4 Bismarck für 1/2 Ritter" from Wolfgang P. Brunner (Germany) - Wolfgang has sent me the last quarter of Bismarck. Thank you very much.

Mittwoch, 31. März 2010

No. 492 - arriving mail art "Otto" from Servane Morel (Belgium)

No. 492 - arriving mail art "Otto" from Servane Morel (Belgium) - another nice portrait of Otto von Bismarck with a cone instead of a helmet on his head. She sent it in, together with her very nice art carrée for my other mail art project (which can be seen here: http://art-carree.blogspot.com/) 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. 491 - arriving mail art "Velosolex" from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany)


No. 491 - arriving mail art "Velosolex" from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany) - a new collage modivated from the idea to buy an old bicycle named Velosolex which was be ridden by Bismarck. Thank you very much.

No. 490 - arriving mail art "B" from Ti Ar Raden (France)


No. 490 - arriving mail art "B" from Ti Ar Raden (France) - Ti Ar Raden made a photographical mosaic with different Bismarck portraits. Thank you very much.

Dienstag, 30. März 2010

No. 489 - arriving mail art from Don Boyd (USA)




No. 489 - arriving mail art from Don Boyd (USA) - Don has sent me two art carrées for my mail art project (see: http://artcarree.blogspot.com/) and he refers to this call too because he has drawn some portraits of Bismarck on the photographs I sent to him. Thank you very much
see f.ex. his page at iuoma: http://iuoma-network.ning.com/profile/DonaldBoyd

No. 487 & No. 488 - arriving mail art "Ergeben vier Viertel ein Ganzes?" from Uli Grohmann (Germany)




No. 487 & No. 488 - arriving mail art "Ergeben vier Viertel ein Ganzes?" from Uli Grohmann (Germany) - two artcards, one sent inside an envelope with the question whether four quarters will fill a whole and some colourful pop-art stylish portraits of Bismarck. Thank you very much

Montag, 29. März 2010

No. 486 - arriving mail art "super" from Oleg Oleinick (Ukraine)


No. 486 - arriving mail art "super" from Oleg Oleinick (Ukraine) - a big sized envelope with a portrait of Bismarck on it, inside another one with some collages. Thank you very much.

Samstag, 27. März 2010

No. 485 - arriving mail art from Claudia Reese (Germany)


No. 485 - arriving mail art from Claudia Reese (Germany) - a funny ink drawing with a multi hand shaking Bismarck on it. Thank you very much.