Ilya Semenenko-Basin's Blog (440)

So, the Internet still connects me to the outside world, which is very good. It is interesting that one person on the IUOMA site excluded me from his friends and forbade me to write comments to him. My guess is that this is such a manifestation of anti-war sentiment; this Mail Art artist probably implies that I, as a holder of Russian citizenship, am now filled with hatred, marching with guns in hand and all that. In fact, I live in a small room in an apartment building, taking care of my…

So, we haven't had the Internet blackout that we feared here, and I can post new photos on the IUOMA website. Thank You Juan Petry for the CASAdelDRAGON presentation and for the collage sent to me in a decorated envelope.…

Obrigada Marcia Rosenberger pela arte do correio!

The dark blue envelope comes from Brazil from Marcia Rosenberger, a mail-art artist living in the municipality of Santo Andre in the São Paulo region. Inside are a postcard, two delicate miniatures and a collage.…

Postage stamps that postal clerks put on Predrague's envelope.

My Mail Art has reached Steven Fossiant in Italy.

http://mailartfossiant.blogspot.com/2023/01/ilya-semenenko-basin-russia.html

Predrag Petrović.

And then there's the work of mail-art artist Predrag Petrović, format 8x6 centimetres.

Serbian mail-art artist Predrag Petrović from Kragujevac sends miniature 8x6 centimetre drawings by mail. I've just received a few of these from him, take a look.

Mail-art from Russia to Russia, from Samara. The artist, Mail-art from Russia to Russia, from Samara. The artist, hiding under the pseudonym VIRGO, sent me two postcard-sized collages. Thank you!

In 2022, mail-art artist Lutz Anders invited colleagues to mail him works on the theme «Life is a cabaret», dedicated to Bob Fosse's acclaimed film «Cabaret» with Liza Minnelli. The name of the project itself refers to a song once sung by Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Liza Minnelli, Brenda Lee, Frankie Vaughn. I made two collages with the slogan «Goodbye Cabaret! Hello life!», the exhibition was held in Berlin in September 2022. A detailed catalogue arrived in the mail from Lutz, each…

Thanks to Lutz Anders (Germany) for the exhibition catalogue. There is a reproduction of my work "Goodbye Cabaret! Hello life!".

I like to send my collages in the post, as well as compositions created with old institutional seals. Ultimately, I am a collagist, and I share collages. The traditions of Dadaism and Surrealism of a century ago are important to me, above all Max Ernst (1891 – 1976) and the Russian futurists.…

Mail-art from Mail_Art_Martha this time contains amongst other things a small two-page book in memory of Queen Elizabeth II.…

Another postcard-sized collage came in the post from an artist called VIRGO, who lives in Samara, Russia.

Mail-art by VIRGO who lives in Samara, Russia. The artist participates in the mail-art movement under a pseudonym. The collage is the size of a postcard. The inscription reads: "Happiness is inside".

Thank you!

The first days of the new year brought envelopes from four countries. I thank Maria E. Quiroga (Argentina) and Mail Art Martha (UK) and VIRGO (Russia) and Lutz Anders (Germany). I'll post a photo of the Mail Art here a little later. Thank you!…

I received a Mail Art from Jean-Philippe Gilliot in Belgium. Thank you!

At the end of the year a letter arrived from Horst Tress in Cologne!…

Juan Petry, the founder of Casa del Dragon gallery in Spain (Valencia), sent me his mail-art.

A mail-art artist from Samara, Russia, operating under the pseudonym VIRGO, sent me a collage exactly the size of a postcard.…