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IS SIZE IMPORTANT IN CONTEMPORARY ART?
Started this discussion. Last reply by Ian C Dengler Sep 27, 2014. 17 Replies 0 Favorites
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
TODAY IS THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL VINYL ART DAY
Started this discussion. Last reply by Gü Jun 17, 2014. 4 Replies 0 Favorites
TODAY'S THE DAY!16 June, 2014, is going to be celebrated by Vinyl Artists everwhere.For more…Continue
AN INSANE FRENCH ARTIST?
Started this discussion. Last reply by Prairie Kittin Oct 22, 2014. 14 Replies 0 Favorites
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
New VINYL ART Group!
Started this discussion. Last reply by Valentine Mark Herman Jan 31, 2015. 20 Replies 2 Favorites
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
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"Breda, the Netherlands
(similar cover, in different light)"
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
"MomKat says meooow,
Happy Cat Day!"
"I SET OUT 5 'STANDARD QUESTIONS' WHEN I STARTED THIS GROUP:
* first, why did someone want to make a postcard of this particular boring subject?
* second, why did some printer and some seller think they could make money from this Boring…"
"THREE MORE FROM MIKEL UNTZILLA
1. Playa Flamingo, Lanzarote, Spain (but the flamingos seem to have flammed off)
2. Les Gorges du Tarn, France
3; La salle des Gardes, Le Chateau, Langeais, France
THANKS MIKEL!"
"Example from Warsaw...."
"Ełk (German: Lyck ) - a city in north-eastern Poland, in the Masuria Region (earlier Ostpreussen). The largest and most populous city in Masuria and the main industrial and cultural centre in the region. The postcard was sent in 1969 and shows…"
"Dare Mr Canard, look at the 'Interesting Postcards' part of this. I thought it might encourage discussions about weirdness and other not-necessarily-boring things. It didn't; the last psot on it was 2 years and one day ago. It…"
"Yeah, "from Heleen--Bedankt "(I don't know if its's boring, but it's certainly weird" comment by Val M.H.) ----that's sorta my habitual reaction to the things posted at "Boring Postcards"---- I…"
"FROM HELEEN -- BEDANKT! I don't know if it's Boring, but it's certainly Weird"
"FROM ANTONIO BIANCO, NAPOLI, ITALY"
"FROM AN EMPTY GERMAN ICE-CREAM PARLOR TO AN EMPTY RESTAURANT AT AN SNCF HOLIDAY CENTER,ORRY-LA-VILLE? FRANCE
Maybe they got ice-cream for desert!"
Profile Information
- 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....
- My Mail-Adress (snail and/or E-mail)
- billytulip1956@yahoo.com
1 Rue de la Vieille Fontaine, F-11130 Sigean, France
"Protect me from what I want." (Jenny Holzer)
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Flickering/Moving photos trigger epilepsy and...
Posted on March 21, 2022 at 6:40pm 1 Comment 2 Favorites
..I, for one, don't think they should be allowed on medical, let alone "I'm a Mail Artist, look at me", grounds.
Sorry to be a spoil sport
Val
THE FIRST EVER POSTAGE STAMP (1840) -- only $6M +
Posted on October 27, 2021 at 7:58pm 4 Comments 0 Favorites
From today's Times (of London):
First Penny Black stamp offered for £6m at Sotheby’s auction
The Penny Black has acquired such legendary status among…
ContinueAND FOUR YEARS LATER, IUOMA WAS STARTED. BECAUSE MESSAGES IN BOTTLES DIDN'(T GET DELIVERED QUICKLY?
Posted on September 18, 2021 at 7:03am 1 Comment 5 Favorites
(From today's Times [of London])
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A glass bottle with a message thrown into the sea 37 years ago in Japan has been found washed up 4,000 miles away on a Hawaiian beach.
It had been cast adrift as part of a school experiment in 1984 to monitor ocean currents. Scrolls of paper written in English, Spanish and Japanese…
ContinueMail Art and the Chagos Islands (which, I'm sure, y'all know are in the Indian Ocean). This is from the BBC
Posted on August 25, 2021 at 6:13pm 2 Comments 0 Favorites
"Mauritius has moved a symbolic step closer to wresting control of the Chagos Islands, in the Indian Ocean, from the UK.…
Comment Wall (1,752 comments)
- At 11:23pm on February 27, 2022,
Crystal Kayh said…
Because I like your art and your scrabble tiles. :)
- At 7:04pm on February 23, 2022,
Jinny Pearce said…
Oh she sings alright! we caterwaul like coyotes!
- At 1:41pm on February 13, 2022,
Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) said…
Might the Valentines be arriving "on time" at least in Europe? Hope so, Val,
- At 6:18pm 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... ];-)
- At 10:13am on February 6, 2022,
oh yeah and then there's this --
- At 4:51pm on February 1, 2022,
don't ask why?, ask why NOT? ];-)
- At 4:49pm on February 1, 2022,
bonjour! i have only one name, but many electronic situations require a two-field name.
in 2006, i rec'd a PhD in Theatre/Humanities, so Dr. is actually appropriate for one field.
most folks just call me Zack.
are you a Dr. too?
- At 9:17am on October 15, 2021,
- At 3:17pm on September 22, 2021,
Maria José Silva - Mizé said…
Se eu fui suspensa do Grupo
BORING POSTCARDS
porque razão continuo a receber emails?
Obrigada.
Maria José Silva-Mizé
- At 11:49am on August 18, 2021,
Carien van Hest said…
Thank you Val, for your mail art. Is your portrait the answer to my C Post Project?
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