Ry (Rea) Nikonova.
Unique Mail Art Call for Submissions.
Eysk, Russia: Ry (Rea) Nikonova, 1988.
Unbound.
Near fine. Slight edgewear.
A printed image of a fly, which has been drawn over, pasted to a piece of cardstock. Hand-writing and address rubber-stamp to back.
"The Scarecrow lives in the USSR, on a kitchen-garden, it is scaring fool birds. The Soviet scarecrow consist of two two sticks, old coat and wig.
Please, send me your hair, pieces of material, drawings and someone else for mail-art scarecrow. Doc. and foto of scarecrow to all participants. Deadline febr. 89. Send all by recommande (because to USSR!) Send to:".
"Recommande" is registered or certified mail.
Ry (a.k.a Rea) Nikonova along with her husband Serge Segay were dedicated nonconformist artists who spent most of their lives within the U.S.S.R. They published artist magazines in editions of a handful to escape the attention of the censors and participated in international mail art and visual poetry circles. After 1988, they lived in Germany.
