Ilya Semenenko-Basin's Blog – September 2022 Archive (6)

Judith Dagan's postage stamps

Judith Dagan's postage stamps are larger. You can clearly see the abstract drawing of the artist and even the microscopic signature.…

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Added by Ilya Semenenko-Basin on September 30, 2022 at 4:43pm — No Comments

A month ago the post office delivered Mail Art by the French artist Zack, and inside the envelope there was a miniature artifact signed by the French artist Brouette Hurlante, among others. Thank you!

Added by Ilya Semenenko-Basin on September 25, 2022 at 6:37pm — 1 Comment

I received Mail Art from Carien van Hest

Dutch mail-art artist Carien van Hest sent me her new piece in an envelope with a cheerful, carefree frog. Thanks, Carien!

Added by Ilya Semenenko-Basin on September 23, 2022 at 2:30pm — 3 Comments

Carien van Hest! Katerina Nikoltsou! Dr. Zack!

At the turn of summer and autumn, envelopes arrived in the mail from three mail-artists, Carien van Hest (Zutphen, The Netherlands), Katerina Nikoltsou from Greece and Zack from France.

I am very grateful.

Added by Ilya Semenenko-Basin on September 19, 2022 at 12:34pm — No Comments

Lars Schumacher

Within Mail Art, documents about events can circulate. For example, the German mail-art artist Lars Schumacher, who lives in Burgdorf near Hanover, sent me two postcards - they are notices of a Mail Art exhibition in Berlin last August. Lars was one of the organizers. On the back of the postcards is a poster of the exhibition, with the names of the participants, and on the front (see photo) are the autographs and stamps of the participants etc.…

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Added by Ilya Semenenko-Basin on September 16, 2022 at 7:12pm — 2 Comments

Kevin Gillen and James Gillen

Mail art from the UK. Kevin Gillen and his son James Gillen, an English artist based in Hawking, Kent, have sent me an invitation to participate in a self-portrait and memories exhibition. Kevin Gillen is an ancestor of mail-art in England.

Added by Ilya Semenenko-Basin on September 16, 2022 at 4:08pm — No Comments

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