Ilya Semenenko-Basin's Blog – August 2023 Archive (6)

"History of Russian Mail Art"

The exhibition "History of Russian Mail Art" opened in Moscow in August (Gallery Davydkovo, Moscow, Kremenchugskaya str., 22).

Exhibition curators: Yuri Gik (Gikjuri Rus), Alyona Borschagovska (Olga Seregina).

I visited the exhibition on the 17th of August, I am posting my photos. There are many objects of mail-art in the halls, the accompanying texts by Yuri Gik tell in detail about this phenomenon.…

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Added by Ilya Semenenko-Basin on August 31, 2023 at 6:45pm — 3 Comments

Mail Art from Carien van Hest, Francis Lammé and Sil Dubois

I got Mail Art from Carien van Hest, Francis Lammé and Sil Dubois. Much obliged, thank You.

Unfortunately, the envelope from Carien came opened and was inspected from the inside.…

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Added by Ilya Semenenko-Basin on August 19, 2023 at 3:08pm — 3 Comments

I received a mail art from Vlada Lapteva

Thanks to Vlada Lapteva!

Mail Art from Russia to Russia has become a rarity. Take a look at what little thing I received from Vlada. Work with paints, brush, with barely discernible collage elements.

Added by Ilya Semenenko-Basin on August 13, 2023 at 8:22pm — 4 Comments

Please help me read the postal address

Dear friends, I have a little book in the ADD/PASS genre and I want to send it on. Unfortunately, I can't make out the address of the initiator, the very first author. Please help… Continue

Added by Ilya Semenenko-Basin on August 11, 2023 at 12:37am — 4 Comments

Thank You Reina Huges!

Added by Ilya Semenenko-Basin on August 7, 2023 at 3:34pm — No Comments

The Summer in a hot city

Dear friends, sending mail from Your countries to Moscow can be very difficult, simply impossible. For example, from Canada and the USA it is impossible to send anything here (from France and UK it is possible). In addition, recent blogging on IUOMA reminds us that we are under more and more pressure from postal rates. So in this hot August, when the city's asphalt is melting, I am offering one-way postage for my collages. From Moscow it is possible to send mail not to all, but to many…

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Added by Ilya Semenenko-Basin on August 5, 2023 at 3:32pm — 6 Comments

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