Box 15
Contains 21 Results:
Mail Art: Alex Vallauri, New York, New York to Vagrich Bakhchanyan, New York, New York, undated
Cover ornamented with rubber stamp in black ink: sender's return address. "RT # 22" handwritten on reverse in blue pen. 13 US Letter sheets enclosed. Printed collage works by various artists: Bakhchanyan, George Cassa, David Cole, H.Y.P.E., Valery Oisteanu, Carlo Pittore, Edward Plunkett, Emmett Walsh. 4 unknown artists. No CDS on cover, but works by Bakhchanyan and Pittore are dated March 24 1983 and May 24 1983 respectively.
Mail Art: Vladimir Tolsty, Paris, France to Vagrich Bakhchanyan, New York, New York, 1988 November 30
Cover ornamented with paint, photograph, postal stamps, and sender's return address. Enclosures are a letter about Transes-Figurations exhibit, two exhibit flyers, signed copy of exhibition catalogue, two invitations to "GRANDE SOIREE ARTISTIQUE DES SCORPIONS RUSSES", two artist postcards with invitation to V. Tolsty and A. Khvostenko exhibit.
Mail Art: Vladimir Tolsty, Paris, France to Vagrich Bakhchanyan, New York, New York, 2003 February 19
Cover ornamented with acrilyc paint, artist stamps, coins, postal stamps, and photographs showing E. Limonov and A. Khvostenko.
Posters, 1984-1985
Folder contains these posters: "Tosty Mail Art" (1984), "Muleta B" designed by V. Bakhchanyan and V. Tolsty (c. 1985).
Poster, Clark and Goroshko: Rockin' 80s, 1981
Mail Art: Carten Schmidt-Olsen, Hjorring, Denmark to Vagrich Bakhchanyan, New York, New York, circa 1982 November 12
Mail Art: Guy Schraenen, Antwerp, Belgium to Vagrich Bakhchanyan, New York, New York, circa 1981 August 10
Commercial envelope from the Small Press Communication Archive, run by Schraenen at the Internationaal Cultureel Centrum (ICC). Rubber stamp in red ink: chevron design with "ANTWERP MAIL ART-ISTS ENCOUNTER 3-4 OCT '81". A4 folded booklet (2 A3 sheets) enclosed. LIBELUS: a monthly mail-art publication, issued June 9 1981. Covers the "Antwerp Intenational Mail Art Festival", "September 25 to November 1 1981".
Mail Art: Lon Spiegelman, Los Angeles, California to Vagrich Bakhchanyan, New York, New York, circa 1980 December 16
Large cover ornamented with various rubber stamps in various colors. Artist stamp with black and white slightly waving stripes and trange geometric object in colored in red and yellow. 1981 calendar enclosed. Features a large instance of Spiegelman's signature strange figure style with insect and plant elements on front. Months inside are in Spiegelman's signature wood-like font. 2 large cards were enclosed to protect the calendar.
Mail Art: Tibor Varnagy, Budapest, Hungary to Vagrich Bakhchanyan, New York, New York, circa 1986 March 24
Plain cover. A3 sheet enclosed. Poster for exhibition of work by Géza Perneczky (see Folder: 801-7) at Liget-Galéria, run by Varnagy. A5 sheet enclosed. Photocopied photographs with inscription to Bakhchanyan on reverse, informing him that is works have been received. Sheet enclosed. Blue paper, photocopied images of faces, large "X" in metallic silver spraypaint.
Mail Art: Zona [Bernard Banville], Greenfield, Massachusetts to Vagrich Bakhchanyan, New York, New York, circa 1983
Mail Art: Ilya Zundelevich, Jerusalem, Israel to Vagrich Bakhchanyan, New York, New York, 1985 December 7
Cover ornamented with rubber stamps in blue ink: Hebrew text. A4 sheet enclosed. Hand-written letter to Bakhchanyan in Russian about contributing to a periodical of Russian authors. US Letter stapled booklet enclosed. Issue 3(?) of above-mentioned periodical.
Mail Art: Periodicals. AEROSOL, n.16, 1981 August
Bifolium with collage of envelope, spraypaint cans, and street art. Folds out to a poster advertising an "International Graffiti Mail Art" exhibition in Brussels, organised by Metallic Avau (a.k.a. Violetta Wynants, see Folder: 757-60).
Mail Art: Periodicals. MC, n.5, 1983 September
"CRIME" issue. 6 sheets stapled together. Photocopied collage of text and images. Notable contributors: Bakhchanyan, John M. Bennett, Guy Bleus, Richard C., Cracker Jack Kid, Robin Crozier, Ubaldo Giacomucci, H.Y.P.E., Carlo Pittore, Lon Spiegelman. Cover ornamented with rubber stamps in black ink: "MC", and "CRIME".
Mail Art: Periodicals. MC, n.6, 1984 January
Mail Art: Exhibition Materials. L'émigration russe, l'art en voyage, 1981 May 5
Mail Art: Exhibition Materials. To be Knocked to the Canvas, 1982 March 10-1982 March 12
Poster for 2 events by Jean Dupuy. A live "painting" at A&M Artworks 6-8pm on March 10, and a "performance" with other artists at Grommet Gallery 7:30pm March 12. Both in New York City.
Mail Art: Exhibition Materials. Old, International Mail Art Show, 1982 June
Poster for mail art show at Portland Fine Arts Gallery. Postage stamp design in metallic gold paint with made-up woman at center. 2 stapled US Legal sheets. List of participants in exhibition, titled "OLD FOLKS". Rubber stamp in red ink indicates that the exhibition was organised by Bill Ray and H.Y.P.E. (see Folder: 724-7).
Mail Art: Exhibition Materials. Maine Festival, 1983 August 5
International mail art exhibition as part of the Maine Festival in Brunswick, Maine, August 5-7 1983. Folded sheet with integral address plate. Cover design features work by Carlo Pittore and Ray Johnson: "As Maine goes, so goes the nation." Manifesto text and list of participants on reverse. Perforated sheet of postcards enclosed. 2 perforated sheet of stamps enclosed.
Mail Art: Exhibition Materials. "At Five Hundred Years from the Arrival of Colon at America", 1988 March 30
A3 poster. Invitation in Spanish, French, German, and English, to participate in a mail art exhibition at the Applied Arts School of Ibiza in Spain. Exhibition to run during March and April 1988, deadline for contributions March 30 1988.
Mail Art: Vladimir Tolsty, Paris, France to Vagrich Bakhchanyan, New York, New York, 1985
Covers ornamented with collage of postal stamps, Muleta's return address, notes, and photographs showing V. Tolsty, E. Limonov, and A. Khvostenko.
Mail Art: Vladimir Tolsty, Paris, France to Vagrich Bakhchanyan, New York, New York, 1988 October 3
Cover ornamented with postal stamps, notes, and sender's return address. Eclosure is "Vechernii Zvon" issue no. 26.