Graziella Di Grezia is a radiologist who also works as a mail artist under the name Grazyella. Combining her interests, she organised an exhibition in October as part of the National Congress of the Breast Imaging Section (SIRM) in Bari. She described it as “a project that combines visual art, poetry, and social commitment, raisingContinue reading “Mail Art and Medicine”
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Demokratie wie gedruckt
Eine große Ausstellung mit Kleinformaten In bester Stimmung wurde am 28. November die erste internationale Miniprint-Ausstellung in Österreich von Bürgermeister Christian Margreiter in Hall in Tirol eröffnet. “Zum Glück sieht man die kleinen Pannen dahinter nicht,” meinte Barbara Fuchs, Druckgrafikerin und Obfrau des Vereins “Atelier für Druckgrafik Hall in Tirol“. In Kooperation mit dem StadtmuseumContinue reading “Demokratie wie gedruckt”
Outsiders at the Pub
An international Exhibition in Northern Ireland For many Central Europeans, Northern Ireland is a cultural terra incognita. The best-known aspect is probably the music, such as Phil Coulter’s song “The Town I loved so well“. (He also co-wrote “Puppet on a String” with Bill Martin. Sandy Shaw won the Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna inContinue reading “Outsiders at the Pub”
Dreh dich, Kreisel!
Ausstellung aktuell: Der Kreisel hat eine lange Tradition. Er wurde er bereits in Troja gedreht, er wird bei Homer sowie bei Schiller (“Der Taucher”) erwähnt. Und die Beliebtheit hält bis heute an, wie zahlreiche regionale Synonyme wie Dradiwaberl (Ostösterreich), Tänzer (Rhein-Pfalz) oder Driller (Westpfalz) belegen …
Veränderung in Deutschland
Veränderung / Change war das Motto einer Ausstellung im Kunstraum Reuter. Organisator Lutz Anders spricht über die Ausschreibung und die Reaktion in der Form von hunderten Einsendungen.
Kindness in the USA
“Kindness” is the theme of an exhibition curated by Donnalynn Chase at the Dolphin Gallery in Gualala, California. Around 700 mail art objects are on display. Selected works have also been published in book form.
Tree Art in Ireland
Successful Exhibition comes to Limerick The exhibition of mail art connected to the book The Overstory will be shown at the Church Gallery in Limerick in October. The collection consists of works by artists that responded to a call of the British Reading Agency for the Word Book Night. The prerequisite was a connection toContinue reading “Tree Art in Ireland”
Magic Mail Art
ABRACADABRA was the theme of an art call by Laurence Boucourt and Marine Nicolas. For some artists the theme was linked to their childhood.
Broadcast from the Counter Space
An exhibition in Cottbus takes you on a journey back in time to the still predominantly analogue era and sheds light on the diversity of the subcultural scenes in the former GDR.
Kunst in ständiger Bewegung
Thierry Tillier: Mail Art bleibt rebellisch Der Limbus, auf Deutsch die Vorhölle, war laut katholischer Lehre lange Zeit der Ort, an dem sich die Seelen ungetauft gestorbener Kinder befanden. Sie waren in einem “Zustand der Gottesferne, ohne die Qualen der Hölle”, so das Bistum Essen. 2007 schaffte Papst Benedikt XVI. diesen limbus puerorum kurzerhand ab und erklärteContinue reading “Kunst in ständiger Bewegung”
Postcards to Trees
The British Reading Agency invited mail artists to respond to “The Overstory” by Richard Powers, a book with nine main characters – although one could argue that the really important beings in the book are not humans, but trees …
A Room full of Yellow
Yesterday, the opening of the international exhibition „C’est beau le jaune“ (Yellow is beautiful) took place in the central La Maison Des Associations in Valenciennes …
Universal Mandalas
Mandalas are, without doubt, a powerful tool for introspection. Looking at these beautiful polysymmetric images can evoke associations that lead to unexpected insights. “By exploring the world of mandalas, we embark on a journey of personal and collective transformation, seeking meaning, peace and the full realization of our human potential,” says Jussara Maria Villasbôas deContinue reading “Universal Mandalas”
Double Feature Art Show
The Berlin gallery ChertLüdde has organized an exhibition with works by Ruth Wolf-Rehfeldt (1932–2024) and Vincent Trasov (*1947).
Mail art inspired by a typewritten work by Wolf-Rehfeldt will be displayed in the bookstore.
Kollektive Kunst
Juan Petry, in Köln geboren, lebt heute im spanischen Cervera del Maestre, etwa in der Mitte zwischen Tarragona und Valencia in der Provinz Castelló. In dem Dorf mit 600 Einwohnern betreibt er die Casa del Dragon, eine Begegnungsstätte für zeitgenössische Kunstschaffende mit einer Galerie und einem Skulpturengarten. Petry, der sich als “Konzeptkünstler zwischen Beuys undContinue reading “Kollektive Kunst”
Mail Art in the Museum
Free space for imagination (l’immaginazione al potere) was the motto of a mail art call by The Museo Bendandi. Curators Paola Pescerelli Lagorio and Roberta Savolini received 264 art cards in various techniques (watercolor, painting, drawing, art print, photography, etc.). The artworks were presented at an event on December 1 at Via Manzara 17 inContinue reading “Mail Art in the Museum”
A Book from ancient Egypt
The Book of the Dead was a kind of guide to the underworld where the ancient Egyptians believed the soul went after death. Lots of mumbo-jumbo was meant to protect the deceased from the dangers of the underworld which ranged from starvation to creatures lurking in dark corners on the way to the final judgement.Continue reading “A Book from ancient Egypt”