Box 10
Contains 138 Results:
Mail Art: Guy Schraenen, Antwerp, Belgium to Vagrich Bakhchanyan, New York, New York, circa 1982 May 14
Commercial envelope from the Small Press Communication Archive, run by Schraenen at the Internationaal Cultureel Centrum (ICC). Rubber stamp in red ink: "aquí" with cartoon pointing hand. Rubber stamp in blue ink: chevron design with envelope, placed over ICC logo. A4 sheet enclosed. Invitation to contribute to an exhibition of "U.S.A.-Electro-Copy-Art".
Mail Art: Guy Schraenen, Antwerp, Belgium to Vagrich Bakhchanyan, New York, New York, circa 1988 February 2
Cover ornamented with rubber stamp in blue ink: "BOOK AS ARTWORK". Invitation to contribute to an exhibition of "Artists' books, object books, etc., etc., artists' publications, magazines, records, documents, etc., etc., from 1965 to 1988".
Mail Art: Tomasz Schulz, Ladek-Zdrój, Poland to Vagrich Bakhchanyan, New York, New York, circa 1981 March 21
Mail Art: Tomasz Schulz, Ladek-Zdrój, Poland to Vagrich Bakhchanyan, New York, New York, circa 1981 August 31
Mail Art: Tomasz Schulz, Ladek-Zdrój, Poland to Vagrich Bakhchanyan, New York, New York, circa 1981 December 7
Mail Art: Shozo Shimamoto, Nishinomiya, Japan to Vagrich Bakhchanyan, New York, New York, circa 1988 March 14
Cover printed with world map and names of mail artists in various countries in red ink. Return address on front for "Art space AU" (see Folder: 911-3) in Japan, and for "New York Japan Art Exchange Center Open House Gallery" in New York City. 2 sheets enclosed. Advertisements for an exhibition of tapestry by Teruyo Shige in New York, organised by Shimamoto.
Mail Art: Antonio Olaio, Coimbra, Portugal to Vagrich Bakhchanyan, New York, New York, circa 1985 October 15
Plain gray cover. A4 sheet enclosed. Yellow paper, photocopied collage of repeated photograph of a man in underwear and white facepaint posed holding circular lids, titled "Dancing in Atlantis". Handwritten invitation to participate in a mail art exhibition to be displayed alongside an exhibition of Olaio's paintings, both on the theme of "Atlantis".
Mail Art: Jürgen O. Olbrich, Kassel, Germany to Vagrich Bakhchanyan, New York, New York, circa 1982 January 5
Mail Art: Jürgen O. Olbrich, Kassel, Germany to Vagrich Bakhchanyan, New York, New York, circa 1985 June 3
Cover ornamented with rubber stamp in blue ink: return address at the "Gesamthochschule Kassel" (University of Kassel). Bifolium card enclosed. Torn scrap of magazine featuring a woman's leg's and white shoes glued to interior. Advertisement for a "Mail Art Performance Party" in Kassel.
Mail Art: Jürgen O. Olbrich, Kassel, Germany to Vagrich Bakhchanyan, New York, New York, circa 1985 July 18
Grey paper with address plate, postage stamps, and postal markings. Sheet does not fully enclose, only has a fold at bottom. Unclear how it was used of what enclosures it might have been with.
Mail Art: Kees Oosterbaan, Egmond, Holland to Vagrich Bakhchanyan, New York, New York, circa 1986 March 12
Cover ornamented with rubber stamp in black ink: sender's return address. Index card enclosed. Repeated rubber stamps in red and urple ink: "I am existing" and "every moment". Feather stuck to card with red putty.
Mail Art: Kees Oosterbaan, Egmond, Holland to Vagrich Bakhchanyan, New York, New York, circa 1987 February 4
Cover ornamented with rubber stamp in black and red ink ink: "EXISTANCE". Rubber stamp in purple ink on reverse: sender's return address. Small saddle-stapled booklet enclosed. Collection of mail art titled EXISTING PERSONS, issue #1. Photocopied reproductions including work by Bakhchanyan.
Mail Art: Géza Perneczky, Cologne, Germany to Vagrich Bakhchanyan, New York, New York, circa 1984 June 7
Cover ornamented with rubber stamp in purple ink: sender's return address with instruction to "Please add to and return". 8 copies of card with "Atlantis" repeated. Instructions: "CORRECTION! Please change Antarktis into Atlantis!". 3 copies on light card. 5 copies on paper with rubber stamp in red ink indicating they have been "GUMED".
Mail Art: Géza Perneczky, Cologne, Germany to Vagrich Bakhchanyan, New York, New York, circa 1987 July 27
Cover ornamented with rubber stamp in purple ink: sender's return address. Rubber stamp in red ink: oval design with stars, helix shape, and "MAIL ART". Purple stripe painted across front of cover through address plate. 10 large postcards enclosed. Various collage and geometric designs, embossed with circular seal. 8 postcards enclosed. Various collage and geometric designs, embossed with circular seal, gathered into a translucent paper envelope.
Mail Art: Géza Perneczky, Cologne, Germany to Vagrich Bakhchanyan, New York, New York, 1981-1982
The folder includes "International Stamps" issue no. 2 (1981) and "Breakage" portfolio, 1982.
Mail Art: Carlo Pittore, New York, New York to Vagrich Bakhchanyan, New York, New York, circa 1984 February 3
Mail Art: Bernhard Skopnik, Kassel, Germany to Vagrich Bakhchanyan, New York, New York, circa 1986 January 28
Photocopied collage of circuit diagram with a man's face. Fireball drawn in red, yellow, and orange marker. Rubber stamp in black ink: sender's return address. Label featuring Anders Giske of Bayer Leverkusen, with glasses and facial hair drawn on.
Mail Art: Bernhard Skopnik, Kassel, Germany to Vagrich Bakhchanyan, New York, New York, circa 1986 August 7
Abstract black and white image of shading. Fragment of pink perforated stamp sheet glued in corner. Hrad-drawn airplane in black marker with red, green, and blue colored pencils. Rubber stamp in black ink: sender's return address.
Mail Art: Larry D. Smith, East Freedom, Pennsylvania to Vagrich Bakhchanyan, New York, New York, circa 1983 June 27
Invitation to contribute to a survey and publication of artist matchbooks and matchboxes.
Mail Art: Snappy Steven, Kerrville, Texas to Vagrich Bakhchanyan, New York, New York, circa 1986 February 1
House and rainboy made from colored yarn glued to card. Invitation to participate in a "TEXAS BIRTHDAY MAIL ART SHOW" celebrating the Texas sesquicentennial.
Mail Art: Solofish, Santa Barbara, California to Vagrich Bakhchanyan, New York, New York, circa 1986 February 1
"POSTCARDS FOR PEACE". Postcard instructs recipient to mail two picture of where they live to both President Reagan and President Chernenko: "LET THEM BOTH KNOW NO WAR IN MY PLACE PLEASE!". Rubber stamps in green ink: peace design, hand print, fingerprints. Rubber stamp in purple ink: fish with cartoon human face.
Mail Art: Lon Spiegelman, Los Angeles, California to Vagrich Bakhchanyan, New York, New York, circa 1980 September 2
Image of a man and a lion covered by paper slip with red text. Paper has mostly worn away. Advertisement for an event "CIRCUS DISCO" held by the "Friends of the ACLU" (American Civil Liberties Union). Inscription added in red marker: "why you picking on poor Lon?".
Mail Art: Lon Spiegelman, Los Angeles, California to Vagrich Bakhchanyan, New York, New York, circa 1980 September 2
US letter sheet. Rubber stamps in blue ink: decorative letter plates "L" and "S". Rubber stamps in red and green ink: strange unidentifiable creatures or plants(?). "AMBIVALANCE kills" written in orange ink: Address plate handwritten in green and purple ink. Invitation to participate in an erotic mail art exhibitoin.
Mail Art: Lon Spiegelman, Los Angeles, California to Vagrich Bakhchanyan, New York, New York, circa 1980 September 2
Photocopied sheet of 4 US postage stamps. Rubber stamps in blue ink: strange geometric figures. "How? LS" written in purple marker.
Mail Art: Lon Spiegelman, Los Angeles, California to Vagrich Bakhchanyan, New York, New York, circa 1980 September 2
Cartoon advertising the "ARTWORDS/BOOKWORKS" gallery space. Artist stamp: "PLACE STAMP HERE / DOMESTIC ONE CENT / FOREIGN TWO CENTS". Inscription in orange marker: "Dear I & V: where did you get my name? Lon".
Mail Art: Lon Spiegelman, Los Angeles, California to Vagrich Bakhchanyan, New York, New York, circa 1982 March 8
Map projection of Earth with arrows indicating major ocean currents. Checkerboard background, red target on top of Earth. Rubber stamp in red ink: "aquÍ" with cartoon pointing hand. Insect-like creature hand-drawn in blue ink. Invitation to participate in a mail art exhibition "TARGET:EARTH" in conjunction with a larger even "TARGET LA".
Mail Art: Enrico Staurani, Rome, Italy to Vagrich Bakhchanyan, New York, New York, circa 1981 January 20
Collage of a woman looking through a sheet of Italian stamps with the face cut out. Rubber stamp in blue ink: sender's return address. Inscription thanks Bakhchanyan for his card, and asks him to advise the President (Reagan) that Staurani's postcard exhibition will run from from the 5th to the 25th of February 1981.
Mail Art: Enrico Staurani, Rome, Italy to Vagrich Bakhchanyan, New York, New York, circa 1981 March 2
Collage of nude figure on the shore with postage stamps from Italy and the Vatican, and circular date stamps from 1979. Inscription thanks Bakhchanyan for his contribution to the "1st festival international de la carte postale d'avant-garde". The exhibition is titled "NUOVE CARTOLINE" (new postcards). Inscription also notes that an "other copy" has been sent "to the President Reagan for acquaint -"[sic].
Mail Art: Enrico Staurani, Rome, Italy to Vagrich Bakhchanyan, New York, New York, circa 1981 February 11
A4 saddle-stapled booklet (2 A3 sheets), originally folded twice and stapled closed. Catalogue from the "NUOVE CARTOLINE" (new postcards) exhibition organised by Staurani in Rome (see Folder: 851).
Mail Art: Enrico Staurani, Rome, Italy to Vagrich Bakhchanyan, New York, New York, circa 1981 May 6
Staged photograph of nude figure in classical setting. Placed over her buttocks is an official Italian postage stamp, but a hole has been punched right through the entire postcard to remove the featured profile coin face. Rubber stamps in blue ink: "carnevale 1981", and sender's return address.