http://londondada.blog.co.uk/Founded by philosopher, artist and visionary Hugo Ball in 1916 at Cabaret Voltaire in Zurich, the seminal art/anti-art movement known as Dada, by 1922 had as its major European hubs Zurich, Paris, Barcelona, Hanover and Berlin - yet curiously no London form. London Dada via 691, pioneering the online art gallery genre in 2005, is establishing the historically missing link in Dada by re-sparking the spirit of 1916, invoking long-repressed political, social and moral perception, invention and protest within British contemporary art. Dada, cutting-edge scourge of the establishment and catalyst for the astonishing sea change in art during the early to mid 20th C., is re-surfacing through its missing London expression - a 21st century antidote for the hi-jacking, side-tracking and stifling of art into a closed shop run by a network of elitists who use money as the primary means of controlling the art market and turning large personal profits. This exclusive old boys' network has rendered UK contemporary art virtually sterile; reducing the big galleries to little more than mass purveyors of the tawdry, the pointlessly shocking or the banal, selectively promoting - through those eternal guarantors of hype the fawning jobsworths of the UK arts review media - a hand-picked harem of 'shock or bore' merchants. As against .. "For us, art is not an end in itself, but is an opportunity for the true perception and criticism of the times we live in." - Hugo Ball, founder of DADA, 1916. 'True perception and criticism of our times' - subjects considered almost taboo in UK art today where rampant cronyism and politics within the most entrenched and divisive class system in the world have all but blocked innovation, creativity and free expression. The London Dada vision outwith this sorry morass of conformist stagnation is to follow in the exemplary footsteps of Hugo Ball, by instigating an 'art spring' - a 21st C. enlightenment, infusing art with meaning and a fresh direction that eschews the anachronistic mediocrity of the worn-out cogs of contemporary art. We're currently inviting development patrons to invest in the London Dada brand - people who feel passionately about the need for new zeitgeist art that critically engages and communicates rather than superficially entertains, baffles or nauseates; art that reconnects with social commentary, offering fresh perceptions, perspectives and thought-provoking narratives. " When art changes the world will change " - "London Dada - art well off the establishment leash " - M.St.M To view the large body of London Dada works by several artists, click on TAGS, ARCHIVES or visit our new website at http://londondada.co.uk/ where signed edition fine art prints of selected works are released for purchase. "Dada is the revolt of the personality threatened on so many sides, a revolt against levelling, stupidity and destruction. It is the distress cry of creative people against banality" - Richard Huelsenbeck * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * WELCOME TO DIFFERENT * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *en-UKhttp://backend.userland.com/rss092http://londondada.blog.co.uk/http://data5.blog.de/design/preview/a8/195e72100937181a26458cb3c7d63e_160x200.jpg <p><a title="memorial" href="javascript:window.open("><img src="http://data8.blog.de/media/200/7009200_ce81deef25_m.jpeg" alt="memorial"></a><br> <strong><span>A Fitting Memorial</span></strong><br> <em>c. Michael St.Mark 2013</em></p> <p> <em>Digitally enhanced appropriation collage comprising image of Mrs Thatcher strategically <br>superimposed over that of the collapsed <strong>Primark </strong>sweatshop factory, Dhakar Bangladesh, April 2013.</em></p> <p>Thatcher, mother and queen of the unregulated free market and economic growth-at-any-human-cost.<br> Destroyer of union power and subsequent degradation of workers' rights and humane working terms & conditions.<br> Personally supervised large-scale transfer of power away from the public to the privileged rich.<br> The scourge of Thatcherism continuing on and ever-widening in scope to this day under Cameron and the <br>spinless sellout Clegg through pernicious and repressive legislation passed almost daily in the House of Conmen.</p> <p><span><br> <strong>"Under Thatcherism, Factory = Fat Tory dictating to slave worker"</strong><br> </span></p> <p><span><br> London Dada <a title="website" href="http://www.londondada.co.uk/">website</a><br> </span></p> <p> <small> <a href="http://londondada.blog.co.uk/2013/04/29/work-662-a-fitting-memorial-15805047/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p> http://londondada.blog.co.uk/2013/04/29/work-662-a-fitting-memorial-15805047/Mon, 29 Apr 2013 11:16:21 +0200 <p><a title="the human condition" href="javascript:window.open("><img src="http://data8.blog.de/media/576/6986576_6569353cf9_m.jpeg" alt="the human condition"></a><br> <span>Goodbye Winter / The Human Condition</span><br> c. Michael St.Mark 2013</p> <p> </p> <p>CONTEXT<br>____________________________________________________________________<br> Meadow with melting snow. Trent Park, Cockfosters.<br>( Dual-titled work)</p> <p><span>The persistently long winter finally relents, leaving behind a field mostly free of snow except for<br> giant icy mementos rolled into creation at its height - but that will also inexorably melt in time.<br> Reflection on the human being's inbuilt urge to create and maintain a record of his presence on earth,<br> but which however large or grand  are, barring exceptions, ultimately desinted to fade into obscurity.</span></p> <p>DATA<br>____________________________________________________________________</p> <p>Signed edition of 25 giclee prints 30 " x  24" <br>£250 ( unframed)</p> <p>( See <a title="website" href="http://www.londondada.co.uk/">website</a> for purchase details )</p> <p> <small> <a href="http://londondada.blog.co.uk/2013/04/15/london-dada-work-661-goodbye-winter-the-human-condition-15757004/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p> http://londondada.blog.co.uk/2013/04/15/london-dada-work-661-goodbye-winter-the-human-condition-15757004/Mon, 15 Apr 2013 11:03:38 +0200 <p><a title="ZAP" href="javascript:window.open("><img src="http://data8.blog.de/media/254/6984254_4995e93775_m.jpeg" alt="ZAP"></a><br> <span>Be a Part of Art</span> <br> <em>c. Michael St.Mark 2013</em></p> <p> </p> <p><span>691 model Maria blends in. Saatchi Gallery, February 2013<br>___________________________</span></p> <p><span>Signed edition of 25 on Ilford Pearl<br>20" x 19" ( unframed)<br>£220</span></p> <p><span><br>See <a title="website" href="http://www.londondada.co.uk/">website </a>for purchase info.<br></span></p> <p> <small> <a href="http://londondada.blog.co.uk/2013/04/14/london-dada-work-660-becoming-a-part-of-art-15753537/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p> http://londondada.blog.co.uk/2013/04/14/london-dada-work-660-becoming-a-part-of-art-15753537/Sun, 14 Apr 2013 01:14:48 +0200 <p><a title="building a better britain" href="javascript:window.open("><img src="http://data8.blog.de/media/073/6983073_89c14310d4_m.jpeg" alt="building a better britain"></a><br> <span>"Building a Better Britain</span>"<br> <em>c. Michael St.Mark 2013</em></p> <p><span>Building site construction facade in gold and blue with vacant flagpole and unlit street lamp; Shoreditch EC2</span></p> <p>* <span>Representing the idealised, sanitised and politicised front propagated by government,<br> masking the actual construction (or demolition) work taking place out of public view.<br>__________________________________________________</span></p> <p>Siged edition of 25 giclee prints on Ilford Pearl, 30" x 22"<br>£220 ( unframed)</p> <p>Purchase details available;  <a title="London Dada website" href="http://www.londondada.co.uk/">London Dada website</a></p> <p> <small> <a href="http://londondada.blog.co.uk/2013/04/13/london-dada-work-659-building-a-better-britain-15751589/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p> http://londondada.blog.co.uk/2013/04/13/london-dada-work-659-building-a-better-britain-15751589/Sat, 13 Apr 2013 11:30:44 +0200 <p><a title="prisoners of fashion3" href="javascript:window.open("><img src="http://data8.blog.de/media/887/6981887_96511a5ec8_m.jpeg" alt="prisoners of fashion3"></a><br> <span> Prisoners of Fashion </span><br> <em>c. Michael St.Mark 2013</em></p> <p><span> Optometrists, Barnet N. London</span></p> <p><span>Signed edition of 25 giclee prints on Kodak Pro Endura<br>24" x 18"<br>£120 ( unframed )</span></p> <p>See <a title="website" href="http://www.londondada.co.uk/">website</a> for full purchase details</p> <p> <small> <a href="http://londondada.blog.co.uk/2013/04/12/london-dada-work-658-prisoners-of-fashion-15748824/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p> http://londondada.blog.co.uk/2013/04/12/london-dada-work-658-prisoners-of-fashion-15748824/Fri, 12 Apr 2013 14:12:57 +0200 <p><a title="A nation brainwashed and coshed" href="javascript:window.open("><img src="http://data8.blog.de/media/152/6976152_731e43b4f5_m.jpeg" alt="A nation brainwashed and coshed"></a><br> <span>The Treatment Room</span> ( brainwashing a nation )<br> <em>by Richard Hamiltion ( 1983-4 )</em></p> <p> </p> <p><em>" Art, for us, is not a end in itself, but an opportunity for true perception and criticism of the times we live in "<br></em> - Hugo Ball.</p> <p><a title="London Dada website" href="http://www.londondada.co.uk/">London Dada website</a></p> </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://londondada.blog.co.uk/2013/04/09/remembering-margaret-thatcher-15735226/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p> http://londondada.blog.co.uk/2013/04/09/remembering-margaret-thatcher-15735226/Tue, 09 Apr 2013 09:22:16 +0200 <p><a title="HD" href="javascript:window.open("><img src="http://data8.blog.de/media/486/6972486_a58eed9198_m.jpeg" alt="HD"></a><br> <strong><span>Hospitality Declined</span></strong><br> <em>c. Michael St.Mark 2013</em></p> <p> </p> <p>Kebab / burger cafe pavement seating arrangement, Shoreditch EC2.</p> <p> </p> <p><a title="London Dada new website" href="http://www.londondada.co.uk/"><span>London Dada new website</span></a></p> <p> <small> <a href="http://londondada.blog.co.uk/2013/04/07/london-dada-work-657-hospitality-declined-15727710/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p> http://londondada.blog.co.uk/2013/04/07/london-dada-work-657-hospitality-declined-15727710/Sun, 07 Apr 2013 01:01:59 +0200 <p><a title="DaliKrab Day 2013" href="http://dalikrabday.blogspot.co.uk/">DaliKrab Day 2013</a></p> <p>__________</p> <p><a title="crab boil fury" href="javascript:window.open("><img src="http://data8.blog.de/media/563/6964563_21bd2776d7_m.jpeg" alt="crab boil fury"></a><br> <span> Crab Boil Fury</span> / Nobody Mourns a Crab ( after Miss Von Trapp )<br><em> c. Michael St.Mark 2013</em></p> <p><em><br></em></p> <p> <small> <a href="http://londondada.blog.co.uk/2013/03/31/dalikrab-day-15697508/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p> http://londondada.blog.co.uk/2013/03/31/dalikrab-day-15697508/Sun, 31 Mar 2013 12:22:28 +0200 <p><a title="Tate Modern" href="javascript:window.open("><img src="http://data8.blog.de/media/710/6959710_aa8c89f995_m.jpeg" alt="Tate Modern"></a><br> <strong><span>The Art Gallery as Art VII</span></strong>. Tate Modern Level 3 ceiling ventilation ducts with strip lights<br> <em>c. Michael St.Mark 2013</em></p> <p>Multi-stage image manipulation from original photograph.<br> <span><br> </span></p> <p><span>_____________________________________________________________________________________</span></p> <p><span><a title="Tate Modern doorway" href="javascript:window.open("></a><a title="Tate Modern doorway" href="javascript:window.open("><img src="http://data8.blog.de/media/540/6960540_50369b5f8b_m.jpeg" alt="Tate Modern doorway"></a>. <br> <span><strong>The Art Gallery as Art VIII</strong>.  Tate Modern Gallery Doorway<br> <span> <em>c. Michael St.Mark 2013</em></span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span><em>________________________________________________________________________</em></span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span><em><a title="Tate Modern Turbine Hall" href="javascript:window.open("><img src="http://data8.blog.de/media/542/6960542_dbf7d7f4c8_m.jpeg" alt="Tate Modern Turbine Hall"></a><br> </em><span><strong>The Art Gallery as Art  IX.</strong> Tate Modern Turbine Hall Abstraction no. 1<br> <em><span>c. Michael St. Mark 2013</span></em></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span><span><em><span>_________________________________________________________________________</span></em></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span><span><em><span><a title="Tate Modern Staircase" href="javascript:window.open("><img src="http://data8.blog.de/media/331/6960331_a00137b5d5_m.jpeg" alt="Tate Modern Staircase"></a><br> </span></em><span><span><strong>AGAA X.</strong></span> <span>Tate Modern Level 3 Staircase ( enhanced )</span></span><em><span><br> c. Michael St.Mark 2013</span></em></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span><span><em><span>___________________________________________________________________________</span></em></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span><span><em><span><br> <strong>* </strong></span></em><strong><span>All images. <br> </span></strong><span>S</span><span>igned editions of 25 giclee prints on Kodak Pro Endura, 20" x 16" & 20" x 12"<br> £180 ( unframed)</span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span><span><span>* This series provides an excellent investment opportunity in a new art sub-genre within the UK expression of Dada, where parts  of the major public galleries are posited as artworks in their own right; thus negating, neutralising and democratizing the anachronistic air of exclusivity and pompous elitism pervading such places.</p> <p></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><a title="Dada website" href="http://www.londondada.co.uk/">Dada website</a></p> <p> <small> <a href="http://londondada.blog.co.uk/2013/03/30/work-653-the-art-gallery-as-art-vii-tate-modern-ventilation-ducts-and-strip-lights-15694043/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p> http://londondada.blog.co.uk/2013/03/30/work-653-the-art-gallery-as-art-vii-tate-modern-ventilation-ducts-and-strip-lights-15694043/Sat, 30 Mar 2013 15:00:47 +0100 <p>Reworking of work 350 from 2009. Topical DN tropical, Mr Frost - although nearing Easter - is enjoying his UK work so much, he refuses to 'pack ice it in' and snow shoe-shuffle off to his polar retreat" noitanrebih " ( reverse hibernation ).</p> <p>"<em>Art should never lose its playful, humorous side</em> "</p> <p><a title="jack frost" href="javascript:window.open("><img src="http://data8.blog.de/media/137/6951137_0e948886b8_m.jpeg" alt="jack frost"></a><span><br> Car Roof no. 16,670,654</span><br> <em> c. Jack Frost </em></p> <p><em><br><a title="London Dada website" href="http://www.londondada.co.uk/">London Dada website</a><br></em></p> <p> <small> <a href="http://londondada.blog.co.uk/2013/03/25/jack-frost-working-late-again-15669577/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p> http://londondada.blog.co.uk/2013/03/25/jack-frost-working-late-again-15669577/Mon, 25 Mar 2013 14:47:53 +0100 <p><a title="Ogitrev" href="javascript:window.open("><img src="http://data8.blog.de/media/282/6950282_66e4d6e39f_m.jpeg" alt="Ogitrev"></a><br> <strong><span>ogitreV II</span></strong><br><em> c. Michael St.Mark 2013</em></p> <p>Second in the series, with vertigo reversed.<br><em>NatWest Tower, City of London<br></em><br><span>Linkback to Ogitrev 1, a collaborative work with photographer Dean Christopher</span> in 2006.</p> <p><a title="OGITREV" href="http://londondada.blog.co.uk/2007/10/10/new_dada_collaboration_re_visited~3112049/">OGITREV</a></p> <p>DATA<br>______________________________________________________________</p> <p>Cropped & tonally-enhanced digital photograph..<br>Signed edition of 50 fine art Giclee print, 20" x 12"<br>£120 ( unframed )</p> <p><a title="info@londondada.co.uk" href="mailto:info@londondada.co.uk">info@londondada.co.uk</a><br>______________________________________________________________</p> <p><a title="London Dada website" href="http://www.londondada.co.uk/">London Dada website</a></p> <p> <small> <a href="http://londondada.blog.co.uk/2013/03/24/work-652-ogitrev-ii-15666999/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p> http://londondada.blog.co.uk/2013/03/24/work-652-ogitrev-ii-15666999/Sun, 24 Mar 2013 23:10:59 +0100 <p><a title="Saatchi gallery" href="javascript:window.open("><img src="http://data8.blog.de/media/725/6948725_e9a80b46a8_m.jpeg" alt="Saatchi gallery"></a><br> <span>In the Absence of Greatness ( The Art Gallery as Art VI</span> )<br> <em> c. Michael St.Mark 2013</em></p> <p><em><br></em></p> <p>CONTEXT<br>__________________________________________________<br><span>Vacant gallery wall, Saatchi Gallery Chelsea<br></span></p> <p>DATA<br>__________________________________________________<br>Signed edition of 50 giclee prints on Kodak Pro Endura 20" x 16"<br>£185 ( unframed)</p> <p>* * * * * * * * * *</p> <p><span><strong>*<span> We're looking to commission a photo realism painter to produce a scaled-up rendition , in either oils or acrylics,  of this image.<br> Please send info with examples of work to;  <a href="mailto:info@londondada.co.uk">info@londondada.co.uk</a></span></strong></span></p> <p> </p> <p><a title="London Dada website" href="http://www.londondada.co.uk/">London Dada website</a></p> <p>* * * * * * * * * * </p> <p> Meanwhile, just around a gallery wall corner...</p> <p><a title="suicidal art" href="javascript:window.open("><img src="http://data8.blog.de/media/731/6948731_e7fbecd406_s.jpeg" alt="suicidal art"></a><br>.... art, it appears, is committing suicide.</p> <p>"<em> It needs to be dark to be art"</em> - a dark mind.</p> <p> </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://londondada.blog.co.uk/2013/03/24/work-651-the-art-gallery-as-art-vi-15664626/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p> http://londondada.blog.co.uk/2013/03/24/work-651-the-art-gallery-as-art-vi-15664626/Sun, 24 Mar 2013 10:52:42 +0100 <p><a title="Saatchi gallery" href="javascript:window.open("><img src="http://data8.blog.de/media/328/6948328_741506bf45_m.jpeg" alt="Saatchi gallery"></a><br> <strong><span>The Art gallery as Art V</span></strong><br> <em>c. Michael St.Mark 2013</em></p> <p><span>( Fifth in the series, positing the art gallery as art in its own right, democratizing the elitist aura of the large galleries )</span></p> <p>CONTEXT<br>_____________________________________<br>Gents washroom, Saatchi Gallery, Chelsea.<br>Digital photograph, cropped and color-enhanced.</p> <p>DATA<br>_____________________________________<br>Signed edition of 50 giclee prints, 20" x 20" on Ilford Pearl</p> <p>£185 (unframed)</p> <p>* * * * * </p> <p><a title="Dada website" href="http://www.londondada.co.uk/">Dada website</a></p> <p> <small> <a href="http://londondada.blog.co.uk/2013/03/23/work-650-the-art-gallery-as-art-v-15663343/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p> http://londondada.blog.co.uk/2013/03/23/work-650-the-art-gallery-as-art-v-15663343/Sat, 23 Mar 2013 22:30:52 +0100 <p>.<br>.<br>.</p> <p><a title="SN" href="javascript:window.open("><img src="http://data8.blog.de/media/806/6942806_b4916f23b6_m.jpeg" alt="SN"></a> <span><br> <strong>Society Now</strong></span><br> <em> c. Michael St.Mark 2013</em></p> <p><em><br></em></p> <p><span><span>Social commentary work</span>.</span></p> <p><span>Reflection on targeted government cuts causing greatly increased pressure on jobs, public services and lower-to-middle income expenditure in the chronically overcrowded place that is England 2013. </span></p> <p><span>On an aesthetic level the image presents an interesting abstraction of feathery flux within<br> a narrowly defined color and tonal range.</span></p> <p><span>DATA<br>_________________________________<br>Signed edition giclee prints, 20" x 12" on Kodak Pro Endura paper.<br>£110 ( unframed)</p> <p></span></p> <p><a title="Dada website" href="http://www.londondada.co.uk/">Dada website</a></p> <p><span>"Dada is the revolt of the personality threatened on so many sides, a revolt against levelling, stupidity and destruction. It is the distress cry of creative people against banality"</span> <span>- Richard Huelsenbeck ( one of the five original Dadaists of 1916 )</span></p> <p> <small> <a href="http://londondada.blog.co.uk/2013/03/20/work-649-society-now-15647624/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p> http://londondada.blog.co.uk/2013/03/20/work-649-society-now-15647624/Wed, 20 Mar 2013 13:47:02 +0100 <p><span>Re-post of work 550, 10 years on from the start of the Iraq conflict</span></p> <p> <strong><span>" Blair, without scruples or conscience, painted bullseyes with the blood of British soldiers and of innocent men, women and children around " WMD intelligence" darts that he knew full well were way outside the real dartboard - all to soak his future Savile Row pockets with dirty oil money" - </span></strong><em><span>Michael St.Mark</span></em><strong><span><br></span></strong></p> <p><a title="c-thru bliar" href="javascript:window.open("><img src="http://data7.blog.de/media/646/6015646_78bfedf613_m.jpeg" alt="c-thru bliar"></a><br> <strong>Work 550. Remembrance Day - Lest we Forget Parliament's war guilt.</strong><br> <em>by Michael St.Mark, 11th November 2011</em></p> <p><span> Mixed media digital collage</span><span> </span></p> <p><span><span>(Click on the image to enlarge)</span></span></p> <p><span>Alongside naturally remembering the fallen from the two wars of 1914-18 and 1939-44, the artist asks that we remember the responsibility that Parliament should have in ensuring war is an absolute last resort as opposed to what's actually transpired during the past 10 years - MPs tamely waving through highly questionable legislation, each in order to protect their own long-term political careers at the cost of <strong>hundreds of thousands of innocent deaths in foreign lands.</strong><br> ( RIP Robin Cook MP, one of the few with principles.)<br></span></p> <p><span>* This London Dada moral protest artwork is dedicated to the 564 British soldiers killed and nearly 10,000 injured to date in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, that were jointly instigated by the GW Bush-appeasing Tony Blair, based on transparently dodgy evidence of WMD / terrorist threat. <br>The two subsequent phony and illegal wars approved in Parliament by typically spineless MPs from both main parties, 2002/3.</span></p> <p>( Michael St.Mark proposes new accountability legislation that decrees any future Prime Minister taking this country to war must personally serve alongside front line troops for a minimum of six weeks after commencement of hostilities )</p> <p><span> </span></p> <p>* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *</p> <p> <a title="London Dada website" href="http://www.londondada.co.uk/">London Dada website</a></p> <p> <small> <a href="http://londondada.blog.co.uk/2013/03/19/iraq-10-years-on-lest-we-forget-parliament-s-war-guilt-15644372/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p> http://londondada.blog.co.uk/2013/03/19/iraq-10-years-on-lest-we-forget-parliament-s-war-guilt-15644372/Tue, 19 Mar 2013 15:21:23 +0100 <p><a title="paint testing station" href="javascript:window.open("><img src="http://data8.blog.de/media/087/6939087_0dde678051_m.jpeg" alt="paint testing station"></a><br> <span>Watching Art Dry / Pictures at an Exhibition</span><br> <em> c. 2013 Michael St.Mark</em></p> <p><span> <span> ( Outdoor paints testing station, Hastings</span></span><span> )</span><br> As per previous work -  when all the pretty pictures and patterns, dead animals and flashy SFX are done, where might art go next?</p> <p> </p> <p><a title="London Dada" href="http://www.londondada.co.uk/">London Dada</a></p> <p> <small> <a href="http://londondada.blog.co.uk/2013/03/18/work-648-watching-art-die-15640721/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p> http://londondada.blog.co.uk/2013/03/18/work-648-watching-art-die-15640721/Mon, 18 Mar 2013 15:51:09 +0100 <p><a title="SFXdone" href="javascript:window.open("><img src="http://data8.blog.de/media/282/6923282_e963e08fe4_m.jpeg" alt="SFXdone"></a><span><br> <strong>When All the SFX are Done..</strong></span><br> <em>c. Michael St.Mark 2013</em></p> <p>..& now that all the pretty patterns are MOL painted and drawn; it's time for art to dig beneath the surface of things without suffering punitive exclusion from the mainstream media.</p> <p>( Billboard advertising Hayward Gallery's " Light Show" , Shoreditch EC1.)</p> <p><em>Tawdry</em> definition;<br> <span>" Showy, flashy,  superficial... lacking in depth or real meaning "<br> '</span></p> <p><a title="More Hayward G. SFX" href="javascript:window.open("><img src="http://data8.blog.de/media/955/6923955_8097eab552_s.jpeg" alt="More Hayward G. SFX"></a><span><br> More cheap shot gigantism?  Hayward SFX from late 2012</span></p> <p><span><span> Skilled craftsmanship that entertains in a startling, funfair kind of way - sure.<br> But thought-provoking, challenging?  Well....</span></span></p> <p><span><span><br>* * * * * * * * * *<br></span></span></p> <p>..try here</p> <p><span><a title="London Dada website" href="http://www.londondada.co.uk/"><span>London Dada website</span></a><br> </span></p> <p> <small> <a href="http://londondada.blog.co.uk/2013/03/09/london-dada-work-647-when-all-the-sfx-are-done-15609689/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p> http://londondada.blog.co.uk/2013/03/09/london-dada-work-647-when-all-the-sfx-are-done-15609689/Sat, 09 Mar 2013 16:10:37 +0100 <p><a title="DIJL" href="javascript:window.open("><img src="http://data8.blog.de/media/467/6922467_d15b7d1b67_m.jpeg" alt="DIJL"></a><strong><br> Reduced to Clear - Dada Infiltrates John Lewis<br></strong><em> c. Art Axis 2012</em></p> <p><em><span>In an information / disinformation overload age where the word, the slogan, has virtually become the thing;<br>a special offers board comprising clear perspex info holders minus contents provides a refreshing counterpoint.</span><br></em></p> <p><em><br></em><a title="New LD website" href="http://www.londondada.co.uk/">New LD website</a><em><br></em></p> <p> <small> <a href="http://londondada.blog.co.uk/2013/03/08/work-646-dada-infiltrates-john-lewis-15607916/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p> http://londondada.blog.co.uk/2013/03/08/work-646-dada-infiltrates-john-lewis-15607916/Fri, 08 Mar 2013 23:25:46 +0100 <p><a title="coalition" href="javascript:window.open("><img src="http://data8.blog.de/media/156/6920156_ead6d4a9df_m.jpeg" alt="coalition"></a><br> <span><strong> The Coalition</strong></span><br> <em>c. Michael St.Mark 3013</em></p> <p>Found signpost, public bridleway, South Mimms.</p> <p><span>The nearer the general election the more disparate policy divisions become both between<br> and within Tories and Lib Dems, as the fear stench of likely defeat grows pungent.</span></p> <p><span><em>*For terms & conditions on commercial use of this image contact<br> '<br> </em></span><br> <a href="mailto:info@londondada.co.uk">info@londondada.co.uk</a></p> <p> <a title="Website" href="http://www.londondada.co.uk/">website</a></p> <p> <small> <a href="http://londondada.blog.co.uk/2013/03/07/work-645-the-coalition-15603155/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p> http://londondada.blog.co.uk/2013/03/07/work-645-the-coalition-15603155/Thu, 07 Mar 2013 18:36:19 +0100 <p><span><a title="cuom" href="javascript:window.open("><img src="http://data8.blog.de/media/285/6911285_cc741bfba3_m.jpeg" alt="cuom"></a><br> </span><span>The Correct use of Sh*t</span><br> <em>c. Michael St.Mark 2013</em></p> <p><em><br> <a title="cuom2" href="javascript:window.open("><img src="http://data8.blog.de/media/307/6911307_adc448171a_s.jpeg" alt="cuom2">.<br> Derivative cropped work 644B;<br> </a><br> </em></p> <p>Parked-up Landy, Welwyn Garden City</p> <p><span>Signed editions of 50 each, 24" x 15" on Kodak Pro Endura<br> Unframed  £170</span></p> <p><a title="London Dada website" href="http://londondada.co.uk/"><span>London Dada website</span></a></p> <p> <small> <a href="http://londondada.blog.co.uk/2013/03/02/london-dada-work-644-the-correct-use-of-mud-15583797/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p> http://londondada.blog.co.uk/2013/03/02/london-dada-work-644-the-correct-use-of-mud-15583797/Sat, 02 Mar 2013 19:12:16 +0100 <p><a title="doeo" href="javascript:window.open("><img src="http://data8.blog.de/media/448/6908448_2b09ac77fd_m.jpeg" alt="doeo"></a><br> <span>The Door to Equal Opportunity</span><br><em> c. Michael St.Mark 2013</em></p> <p>CONTEXT<br>_________________________________________________________<br>Two-shade blue door pair secured with hasp & padlock, Muswell Hill.</p> <p>Sybolizing the Oxbridge light blue /dark blue old boy<br>network's evergreen monopoly on most of the top jobs in banking & <br> finance, media, politics, the arts and elsewhere UK-wide.</p> <p>Cronyism is alive and well and sitting at government Cabinet<br>or in any large corporation / bank / publishers boardroom.</p> <p>DATA<br>_________________________________________________________</p> <p>Signed edition of 100 giclee prints on Kodak Pro Endura, 20" x 20"<br>Unframed £170</p> <p>See website for details;<br><a href="http://londondada.co.uk/">http://londondada.co.uk/</a></p> <p> <small> <a href="http://londondada.blog.co.uk/2013/03/01/london-dada-work-643-the-doors-of-equal-opportunity-15578714/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p> http://londondada.blog.co.uk/2013/03/01/london-dada-work-643-the-doors-of-equal-opportunity-15578714/Fri, 01 Mar 2013 01:05:08 +0100 <p><a title="Ten Blairs" href="javascript:window.open("><img src="http://data8.blog.de/media/816/6905816_caa5b9fc34_m.jpeg" alt="Ten Blairs"></a><br> <strong><span>Ten Blairs at Ten</span></strong><em><br> c. Michael St.Mark 2013</em></p> <p><em><a title="red neon edition" href="javascript:window.open("><img src="http://data8.blog.de/media/539/6906539_7b8367e316_m.jpeg" alt="red neon edition"></a><br> </em>Red Neon edition.</p> <p>.<em><br></em></p> <p><span><span>CONTEXT<br>________________________________________________________________________________<br>Enhanced digital collages derived from Newsnight's interview with a defiant Tony Blair<br>on the 10th anniversary of his taking Britain to war with Iraq. (The collage frames are arranged to be <br>progressively viewed in normal reading mode, starting top left.)<br></span></span></p> <p><span> </span></p> <p><span> </span></p> <p><span> </span></p> <p><span> </span></p> <p><span> </span></p> <p><span> </span></p> <p><span> </span></p> <p><span>DATA<br>_____________________________________________________________________<br><span>Signed edition of 50 each fine art giclee prints on Ilford Pearl, 24" x 16"<br>£120 unframed.</span></span></p> <p>To order; contact <a href="mailto:info@londondada.co.uk">info@londondada.co.uk</a><br> Prints details; <a href="http://londondada.co.uk/">http://londondada.co.uk/</a></p> <p> <small> <a href="http://londondada.blog.co.uk/2013/02/27/london-dada-work-642-ten-blairs-at-ten-15573318/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p> http://londondada.blog.co.uk/2013/02/27/london-dada-work-642-ten-blairs-at-ten-15573318/Wed, 27 Feb 2013 13:26:17 +0100 <p><a title="agaa IV" href="javascript:window.open("><img src="http://data8.blog.de/media/163/6904163_d4c175c222_m.jpeg" alt="agaa IV"></a><br> <span> The Gallery as Art IV</span> - <span>Stored picture flight boxes, Tate Britain.</span><span><br> <em><span>c. Michael St.Mark 2013</span></em></span></p> <p><span><em><span><br> </span></em><span> Latest in the series istigating a fresh art genre, where parts of the gallery itself become art. <br><span> Signed edition of 25 only.  Fine art giclee prints on Ilford Pearl, 20" x  17"<br> Unframed; £150</span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span><br></span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span> <span> Purchase details;</span><br> <a href="mailto:info@londondada.co.uk">info@londondada.co.uk</a></span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span><br></span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span> <span> website<br> <a href="http://londondada.co.uk/">http://londondada.co.uk/</a></span><br></span></span></span></p> <p> <small> <a href="http://londondada.blog.co.uk/2013/02/26/work-641-the-art-gallery-as-art-iv-15570214/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p> http://londondada.blog.co.uk/2013/02/26/work-641-the-art-gallery-as-art-iv-15570214/Tue, 26 Feb 2013 14:29:44 +0100 <p> </p> <p><a title="The art gallery as art" href="javascript:window.open("><img src="http://data8.blog.de/media/007/6903007_4744880763_m.jpeg" alt="The art gallery as art"></a><br> <span>The Gallery as Art III</span><br> <em>c. Michael St.Mark 2012</em></p> <p><span>( Portable folding chair rack. Tate Britain, November 2012</span> )</p> <p><span>Continuing on the series establishing a new sub genre in art, positing parts of the gallery itself is art in its own right.<br> Democratizing art, taking power away from the controlling elite &  placing it back with the people.<br> Original concept, Michael St.Mark</p> <p> Signed Edition of 100 fine art giclee prints, 24" x 20"<br> Unframed,  £220</span></p> <p><span><em>*NB Exhibiting artists producing work using this new concept kindly have the integrity to credit Michael St.Mark with its inception ..to avoid your opening night parade being seriously rained upon.<br> Thanks!</em><br>* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * <br></span></p> <p><span>LONDON DADA's home on the web;<br><a href="http://londondada.co.uk/">http://londondada.co.uk/</a><br></span></p> <p> <small> <a href="http://londondada.blog.co.uk/2013/02/25/london-dada-work-640-the-art-gallery-as-art-iii-15567779/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p> http://londondada.blog.co.uk/2013/02/25/london-dada-work-640-the-art-gallery-as-art-iii-15567779/Mon, 25 Feb 2013 20:01:55 +0100 <p><a title="spires of aspiration" href="javascript:window.open("><img src="http://data8.blog.de/media/410/6900410_68a0a4da4b_m.jpeg" alt="spires of aspiration"></a><span><br> <span>Spires of</span> <span><span>A</span></span><span>spiration</span></span><br> <em>c. Michael St.Mark 2013</em></p> <p><span><span>( London</span> Bridge)</span></p> <p><span><br></span></p> <p><span>Signed edition of 50 fine art giclee prints  24" x 18" on Ilford Pearl<br>Unframed, £170</span></p> <p><span>For purchase details please visit</span><br><a href="http://londondada.co.uk/">http://londondada.co.uk/</a></p> <p> <small> <a href="http://londondada.blog.co.uk/2013/02/24/london-dada-work-639-spires-of-aspiration-15563416/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p> http://londondada.blog.co.uk/2013/02/24/london-dada-work-639-spires-of-aspiration-15563416/Sun, 24 Feb 2013 14:28:22 +0100 <p><a title="elsewhere2" href="javascript:window.open("><img src="http://data8.blog.de/media/258/6900258_eb0a7b2d67_m.jpeg" alt="elsewhere2"></a><br> <span> Elsewhere</span><br><em> c. Michael St.Mark 2012</em></p> <p><span> ( London underground, Bakerloo line, c. 6pm weekday.)</span></p> <p><span> Social commentary work on the human need to be transported elsewhere mentally whilst being transported physically aboard a highly uncomfortable mode with no views except to a myriad strangers' expressionless faces.</span></p> <p><span>Available in signed limited edition of 50 high quality giclee prints 20 x 20" onto  Ilford Pearl.<br><strong>Unframed. £170</strong></span><span> </span></p> <p><span> purchase details,<br></span><a href="http://londondada.co.uk/">http://londondada.co.uk/</a></p> <p> <small> <a href="http://londondada.blog.co.uk/2013/02/24/london-dada-work-639-elsewhere-15563081/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p> http://londondada.blog.co.uk/2013/02/24/london-dada-work-639-elsewhere-15563081/Sun, 24 Feb 2013 12:36:48 +0100 <p><a title="taas2" href="javascript:window.open("><img src="http://data8.blog.de/media/326/6900326_8155e93002_m.jpeg" alt="taas2"></a><span></span><em><br> c. Michael St.Mark 2013</p> <p></em><span> *King's Rd, Chelsea</span>.</p> <p><span> ( <em>click to enlarge</em>.)</span></p> <p><em></p> <p></em><span><span>London Dada's new web home with by-year archive and purchase details;</span></span><br><a href="http://londondada.co.uk/">http://londondada.co.uk/</a></p> <p> <small> <a href="http://londondada.blog.co.uk/2013/02/21/work-638-there-s-always-a-show-off-15555448/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p> http://londondada.blog.co.uk/2013/02/21/work-638-there-s-always-a-show-off-15555448/Thu, 21 Feb 2013 21:18:01 +0100 <p><a title="TAGAA1" href="javascript:window.open("><img src="http://data8.blog.de/media/100/6894100_6d08a9ae45_m.jpeg" alt="TAGAA1"></a><strong><span><br> </span></strong><strong><span>Saatchi GalleryStaircase</span>s</strong><em><br> </em><span>( The Art Gallery as Art (1)</span><em> </em>)<em></p> <p> c. Michael St.Mark 2013</em></p> <p><em><a title="agaa2" href="javascript:window.open("><img src="http://data8.blog.de/media/166/6895166_bbdb836f16_m.jpeg" alt="agaa2"></a><br> </em><span><strong> Saatchi Gallery stairs, lift</strong></span><em> </em><span><strong>and walkway</strong></span><em><br> </em><span> ( the art gallery as art 2 )</span><em></p> <p> </em> <em>c. Michael St.Mark 2013<br></em></p> <p> First in a brand new series of London Dada works proposing parts of the art gallery as works of art <br> in their own right. Here, top, a view of some intrigue from the staircase to LG level at Saatchi Gallery <br> Sloane Square, through a  previously exterior / now interior window to an open plan staircase. <br>In the second work the clean lines and subtle hues and tones of the lift area along with absence<br>of people in this often most crowded of galleries, lends intrigue.</p> <p> The subtle elementsof digital image enhancement and abstract crop composition of the tasteful <br>conversion/extensions at Saatchi Gallery cementing the works' aesthetic appeal.</p> <p><span> ( Original concept "<strong>THE ART GALLERY AS ART</strong>" <strong><span>TM, </span></strong> by Michael St.Mark and Art Axis, 2012</span> )</p> <p><span> Each work available in a signed limited edition of 50 fine art giclee prints, 20" x 17"<br>Introductory early investment price, £290 unframed<br> Details of print sales options from the London Dada website home page</p> <p></span></p> <p><a href="http://londondada.co.uk/">http://londondada.co.uk/</a></p> <p> <small> <a href="http://londondada.blog.co.uk/2013/02/20/london-dada-work-636-the-art-gallery-as-art-1-saatchi-gallery-staircase-15551591/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p> http://londondada.blog.co.uk/2013/02/20/london-dada-work-636-the-art-gallery-as-art-1-saatchi-gallery-staircase-15551591/Wed, 20 Feb 2013 18:30:19 +0100 <p><a title="gls" href="javascript:window.open("><img src="http://data8.blog.de/media/218/6892218_dd6499ccd9_m.jpeg" alt="gls"></a><br> <span><strong> Green Leaf Salad</strong></span><br><em> c. Michael St.Mark 2013</em></p> <p><span>( actual work</span> )<em><br></em><span> <span>click to puke to go veggie - you know you want to.</span></span><em><span> </span><br></em></p> <p>Keeping it mislabelling topical with a sumptious blue tray of abatoir-fresh sawn bone fide cow bones & gristle, all ultimately derived from lush dew-laden pastures. Therefore " Green Leaf Salad" not that far off the truth.... is it.</p> <p><a title="Food-Labels" href="javascript:window.open("><img src="http://data8.blog.de/media/529/6893529_791f97a1a9_s.png" alt="Food-Labels"></a></p> <p>* * * * * * * * *  *</p> <p>By extreme mislabelling comparison; at <em>Tate Britain</em>, a pensive yet ultimately non-plussed visitor contemplates<br>the artist's 'reasoning' behind his assertion that a glass of water on a high bathroom shelf <br>is in fact an oak tree.</p> <p><a title="an oak tree" href="javascript:window.open("><img src="http://data8.blog.de/media/297/6892297_0f9c8a0982_s.jpeg" alt="an oak tree"></a><br> <strong>An Oak Tree</strong>, by Michael Craig-Martin (1974)<br> <span>( Image courtesy <em>London Dada</em>)</span></p> <p> " An Oak Tree" consists of an ordinary glass of water placed on a small glass shelf of the type normally found in a bathroom, which is attached to the wall above head height. Craig-Martin composed a series of questions and answers to accompany the objects. In these, the artist claims that the glass of water has been transformed into an oak tree. When An Oak Tree was first exhibited, in 1974 at Rowan Gallery, London, the text was presented printed on a leaflet. It was subsequently attached to the wall below and to the left of the shelf and glass. Craig-Martin's text deliberately asserts the impossible. The questions probe the obvious impossibility of the artist's assertion with such apparently valid complaints as: ‘haven't you simply called this glass of water an oak tree?' and ‘but the oak tree only exists in the mind'. The answers maintain conviction while conceding that ‘the actual oak tree is physically present but in the form of the glass of water ... Just as it is imperceptible, it is also inconceivable "</p> <p>- <em> Tate Britain</em></p> <p>* Kind of high art meets mental institution?<em><br></em></p> <p>* * * * * </p> <p> <span><strong>London Dada</strong> website;<br> </span><br> <a href="http://londondada.co.uk/">http://londondada.co.uk/</a></p> <p> <small> <a href="http://londondada.blog.co.uk/2013/02/19/work-635-green-leaf-salad-15547645/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p> http://londondada.blog.co.uk/2013/02/19/work-635-green-leaf-salad-15547645/Tue, 19 Feb 2013 15:38:33 +0100 <p><a title="NHS dementia ward" href="javascript:window.open("><img src="http://data8.blog.de/media/657/6870657_368f98c08f_m.jpeg" alt="NHS dementia ward"></a><br> <span>NHS Dementia Ward</span><br> <em> Concept, i.m.  & detail by Michael St.Mark c. 2013.</em></p> <p><span>Camp workers' bunks, Auschwitz</span></p> <p><span><span>Digitally-enhanced & appropriated collage Giclee print, hand finished in acrylic, 20"x16" on Ilford Pearl.<span><br> One worldwide, bid-sale proceeds to AvMA (Action against Medical Accidents.)</p> <p> <a href="http://www.avma.org.uk/pages/about_us.html">http://www.avma.org.uk/pages/about_us.html</a></p> <p> Bids for this work; <a href="mailto:info@londondada.co.uk">info@londondada.co.uk</a> <br> Closing 25th Feb 2013</span></p> <p> </span></span></p> <p><em>A Dada protest artwork. Released on the day following results of the Francis enquiry and damning yet diluted report by Mike Farrar on the virtual genocide of over 1200 patients at Stafford Hospital and the ongoing culture of neglect and withdrawal of fluids to elderly and dementia patients on NHS wards throughout England.<br> Will Cameron implement the recommendations? Will Martin Yeates, Sir David Nicholson and the Labour Health Secretary at the time be held accountable?</em></p> <p> <span>( Released 4 days after Holocaust day. No disrespect intended to the sacred memory of the 6 million Jewish and other victims<br> of Nazi atrocities at Auschwitz and elsewhere during World War II. )</span></p> <p> <small> <a href="http://londondada.blog.co.uk/2013/02/07/london-dada-work-634-nhs-dementia-ward-15509471/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p> http://londondada.blog.co.uk/2013/02/07/london-dada-work-634-nhs-dementia-ward-15509471/Thu, 07 Feb 2013 12:50:53 +0100