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IS SIZE IMPORTANT IN CONTEMPORARY ART?
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It seems to be, ie the bigger the canvas the 'better' it is perceived to be, the more likely it is to be in important (museum) collections, the more money it will get at auctions, the more fame will…Continue

Started this discussion. Last reply by Ian C Dengler Sep 27, 2014.

TODAY IS THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL VINYL ART DAY
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TODAY'S THE DAY!16 June, 2014, is going to  be celebrated by Vinyl Artists everwhere.For more…Continue

Started this discussion. Last reply by Gü Jun 17, 2014.

AN INSANE FRENCH ARTIST?
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The following story appeared in today's UK "Daily Telegraph":COCK-A- DOODLE OOH.... A MAN WHO SUFFERED FOR HIS ARTA South African performance artist who tied a live rooster to his penis during an…Continue

Started this discussion. Last reply by Prairie Kittin Oct 22, 2014.

New VINYL ART Group!
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Would you like to join me in a new Group called 'VINYL ART'?I suspect that many of you, like me, have somewhere in your house/garage/attic a collection of old Vinyl records that you have probably not…Continue

Started this discussion. Last reply by Valentine Mark Herman Jan 31, 2015.

 

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Valentine Mark Herman commented on Valentine Mark Herman's group BORING POSTCARDS
"HELLO PMH. Sorry about that. AND HERE BOYS AND GIRLS IS THE BORING CLEVLAND AIRPORT POSTCARD FROM PETER "Located 6 miles east of Zanesville with modern facilities offers to the SE Ohio area --passengers, freight and charter services as…"
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P. M. Wilson commented on Valentine Mark Herman's group BORING POSTCARDS
"Hello VMH,  You posted the Zanesville Airport postcard twice, and skipped the Cleveland Airport postcard.  (Not that the Zanesville postcard isn't worth posting twice!)  PMW in beautiful Ohio, USA."
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Valentine Mark Herman commented on Valentine Mark Herman's group BORING POSTCARDS
"OHIO IS NOT THE ONLY PLACE THAT HAS BORING AIRPORT POSTCARDS -- HERE'S ONE FROM SCOTLAND -- with a nice selection of British cars from the 60's Over to you Peter..."
yesterday
Valentine Mark Herman commented on Valentine Mark Herman's group MANHOLE COVER LOVERS
"FOUR FROM HAN FISCHER IN EINDHOVEN, HOLLAND : BEDANKT, HAN"
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Valentine Mark Herman commented on Valentine Mark Herman's group MANHOLE COVER LOVERS
"FOUR FROM KATERINA, ALL FROM ATHENS (where Katerina is now living). THANKS, MOM KAT!"
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Valentine Mark Herman commented on Valentine Mark Herman's group MANHOLE COVER LOVERS
"Thanks Heleen, and sorry to put you under (even more) presssure. I have sent the completed-but-for-your- contribution(s) text to the people who will turn it into a book, and told them that I may add a page or two in the next few days, so there is no…"
Thursday
Valentine Mark Herman commented on Valentine Mark Herman's group BORING POSTCARDS
"Sorry 'Karien', that should have been 'Carien'!"
Thursday
Valentine Mark Herman commented on Valentine Mark Herman's group BORING POSTCARDS
"TWO FROM KARIEN -- bedankt, bedankt 1. General Assembly Hall, United Nations, NY, USA Another busy day for international diplomats! 2. 'De Cantharel' Motel-Restaurant, Apeldoorn, Holland"
Thursday
Valentine Mark Herman commented on Valentine Mark Herman's group BORING POSTCARDS
"THREE MORE FROM MIKAEL -- thanks, thanks, thanks 1. Jumbo Floating Restaurant, China (I think) 2. Playa Blanca, Lanzarote, Spain 3. Musée des Colonies, Exposition Coloniale Internationale,1931,  Paris, France"
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Valentine Mark Herman commented on Valentine Mark Herman's group BORING POSTCARDS
"TWO FROM PETER WILSON --who said he 'had' to send them to me. Thanks, Peter! 1. Entrance to the Cleveland Hopkins Airport, Ohio, USA "One of the largest and busiest municipally-owned airports in the world. [in 1980 -- doesn't…"
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BORING POSTCARDS

This Group celebtrates Boring, ordinary, dull, commercial Postcards that feature aspects of our everyday life – such as streets, roads, houses -- and are, in a strange way, interesting because they are so uninteresting. Join in and share your Postcards of our Boring world.See More
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Heleen de Vaan commented on Valentine Mark Herman's group MANHOLE COVER LOVERS
"Sure I love to make something(s). I altready made some pencil sketches, though in the coming days I'm too busy with work and other tasks so time is a bit a 'thing'. Saturday evening and the whole Sunday I'll have more time, but I…"
Wednesday
Carien van Hest commented on Valentine Mark Herman's group Group for Cat-Lovers
"Every cat deserves a palace:"
Tuesday
Valentine Mark Herman commented on Valentine Mark Herman's group MANHOLE COVER LOVERS
"Bonjour Heleen, Thanks for the cartoon message. I'm not tuned in to the world of comics -- except for Asterix, of course! I had never heard of Kauka and Fix and Foxi before. I'm not going to apply for a licence to use that cartoon, because…"
Tuesday
Heleen de Vaan commented on Valentine Mark Herman's group MANHOLE COVER LOVERS
"Hi Val, Not every cartoon is Disney :-) On the second picture you can see the description. The comics is named Fix & Foxi, by German comic artist Rolf Kauka. According to the description this 'Illustration with Rolf Kauka's Lupo, Fix…"
Monday
Valentine Mark Herman commented on Valentine Mark Herman's group MANHOLE COVER LOVERS
"FROM HAN FISCHER IN EINDHOVEN,NL"
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Mail-Artist since:
1952 (when I sent a "Thankyou for my Birthday Present' to my Grandma, and illustrated it with a little drawing). Since then my Mail Art history has been, well, interesting
My Website (without http://):
http://www.val-herman-art.eu
Why I am involved in Mail-Art:
Well, it's like this, Doc. I've got this thing about the Postlady....
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billytulip1956@yahoo.com
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Extract from today's Sunday Times: Antarctica’s 23-year-old postmaster on sorting mail at the end of the Earth

Posted on March 26, 2023 at 10:30am 5 Comments

Clare Ballantyne grew up in Louth, Lincolnshire, and graduated from Oxford University with a master’s degree in Earth sciences in 2022. In June she and three others were selected from 4,000 applicants to travel to Port Lockroy on the remote Goudier Island in the Antarctic Peninsula. The UK’s most southerly public post office — known affectionately as the Penguin Post Office — is operated by the charity UK Antarctic Heritage Trust (UKAHT). Ballantyne’s job…

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The format of the new site is HORRIBLE!

Posted on March 3, 2023 at 8:30am 12 Comments

Please reset it in it's old and luch loved format.

Thank you.

Val

BEWARE 2 -- ANOTHER MAIL ART SPAMMER?!

Posted on March 1, 2023 at 4:28pm 2 Comments

"Dear (fill in name of person, organisation, association, local/regional/state/national government, etc),
I am writing to you because I know that you share my interests in Mail Art (fill in other actiivity, social cause, sport, cultural event, current affairs, etc), and I wonder if you would like to exchange some Mail Art with me?…
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BEWARE!! "Mail Art" (not) spammer called 'Catherine O'Sullivan'

Posted on February 28, 2023 at 10:41am 12 Comments

Beware folks!

I was recently contacted by Catherine O'Sullivan who I had never heard of.

'I have seen your Mail Art, and would like to share some thoughts about Mail Art with you', she said.

'OK', 'I replied, 'What do you want to talk about?'

Then I got a follow-up saying she lived in the US (Denver, CO, I think) had been a nurse, was a religous person, was seriously ill, etc, and as I was a 'sensitive' person she would like to transfer some of her funds to me…

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At 11:55am on April 3, 2023, Jean-Philippe Gilliot said…

Hello Val,

Dont worry. The modified card was for you. I love to include something I do myself  ;-)

At 2:41am on March 10, 2023, Ana Kawajiri said…
At 8:23am on February 14, 2023, Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) said…

At 11:56am on November 29, 2022, Carien van Hest said…

Thanks for your card, Val.

At 10:20am on October 31, 2022, Heleen de Vaan said…

Thank you, Val! Loved your mail art!

https://iuoma-network.ning.com/group/big-brother-is-watching-us

(there isn’t yet an IUOMA group about bicycles, is it?)

At 8:42am on October 31, 2022, Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) said…

Happy Halloween...

and belated October Birthday:

At 10:23pm on February 27, 2022, Crystal Kayh said…

Because I like your art and your scrabble tiles. :)

At 6:04pm on February 23, 2022, Jinny Pearce said…

Oh she sings alright!  we caterwaul like coyotes!

At 12:41pm on February 13, 2022, Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) said…

Might the Valentines be arriving "on time" at least in Europe? Hope so, Val,

At 5:18pm on February 9, 2022, Zack said…

this just in: "I caught the crocodile by myself. I was asking for help from people here, but they were scared," said local resident Tili, 35, who like many Indonesians uses one name.

perhaps i should move to Indonesia... ];-)

 
 
 

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