Ilya Semenenko-Basin's Blog – June 2021 Archive (9)

If you like, send me Bucks

Dear friends, I'm ready to work in the FluXus Bucks genre. If you like, send me Bucks from «ex posto facto» or other Bucks blanks, I'll make a collage and bring it back.

Added by Ilya Semenenko-Basin on June 26, 2021 at 4:01pm — 2 Comments

Knoxville, Tennessee

I am grateful to Picasso Gaglione who presented my Stamp Art works at his Museum in Knoxville, Tennessee (USA). My first exhibition in the USA.

Added by Ilya Semenenko-Basin on June 25, 2021 at 8:10pm — 2 Comments

Lovely mail art by Mail_Art_Martha. The envelope contains a print with a cat, as well as a small zine, in which the artist talks about some of the pieces she has received in the mail.

Thanks Martha!…

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Added by Ilya Semenenko-Basin on June 23, 2021 at 7:01pm — 1 Comment

Christophe Massé

There is such a thing as "limited edition prints". They are present in mail art along with collage and drawing. I received a signed and numbered collage print in the mail from the French artist and writer Christophe Massé. In addition to literary work and painting, since 1979 Christophe Massé has also worked on the Livres d'Artistes genre.

The collage print that Christophe Massé sent has a small addition - the face of a man, painted in oil paints and mounted during the collage…

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Added by Ilya Semenenko-Basin on June 23, 2021 at 6:37pm — No Comments

Thank You

Mail-art from the UK: Laura Hughes sent me a miniature piece the size of a matchbox, with the envelope also decorated with a design. I thank the artist for this… Continue

Added by Ilya Semenenko-Basin on June 23, 2021 at 5:46pm — No Comments

Finland; Austria; Italy; Greece :-)

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Added by Ilya Semenenko-Basin on June 23, 2021 at 5:30pm — 1 Comment

Mail art from Portugal

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Added by Ilya Semenenko-Basin on June 23, 2021 at 5:00pm — No Comments

Thanks Carien van Hest

Dear friends, I received a lot of new Mail Art in spring and June, but it's been a long time since I posted pictures of what I received. I'll try to catch up during these fiery solstice days. Let's start with the mail-art I received from the Netherlands - Carien van Hest sent me a tiny book in a beautiful handmade envelope containing a poem by William Blake.

Thank you!…

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Added by Ilya Semenenko-Basin on June 23, 2021 at 4:11pm — No Comments

Topic: The Banana Eaters

I recently received Mim's beautiful Banana Day work in the mail. I also exchanged a few letters with the famous Anna Banana last autumn and winter. All this gave me the idea to make a collage with Banana's…

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Added by Ilya Semenenko-Basin on June 2, 2021 at 5:30pm — No Comments

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