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About Michael St.Mark

Conceptual / experimental multi-discipline artist, writer and photographer. Art influencer and founder of London Dada, recalling Dada's original aims and principles as envisaged by it's founder Hugo Ball. Eschews the often politically-motivated taboo on expressions of critical thought within art. Admiring Duchamp in going beyond the seemingly endless infatuation with the ' pretty picture' retinal and instead refusing to accept the standards and practices of an established corrupt art world and creatively stifling conventions that are still considered essential to attain fame and financial success: refusing to repeat himself or to develop one recognizable style to placate the commercial needs of the market.

Dada in London work 555; Mervyn King Bank of England Credit Scrunch

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Mervyn Credit Scrunch
c. Michael St.Mark 2011

Another topical progressive Scrunch ArtTM sequence by M.St.M. ( apologies for the Eddie George clanger)

With the British economy apparently about to fall off a cliff, here’s fatcat mega jobsworth Mervyn King, govenor of the Bank of England,  passing the buck waxing lyrical about how Euro rescue now lies (sic) in the hands of the politicians.
( Well, that makes us pretty much doomed then.)

” The regulators around the world have said, and they still maintain this today, and I think they’re right, that for the major banks in the world, they have the ability to cope with this crisis …. it isn’t a threat to the banking system as a whole.”
—Mervyn King interview in 2007 before the banking system demonstrated its total inability to cope less than a year later

 

Dada in London work 554; Osborne Credit Scrunch

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Osborne Credit Scrunch
c. Michael St.Mark 2011

 

Latest in the “Scrunch art”TM  series from M.St.M, depicting well-known personages’ image deconstruction.
The turn of ever-popular Chancellor George ‘oik’ Osborne, his natural mean banker-features becoming
progressively emphasised and his credit reduced during the three stage scrunch.

Available as a signed limited edition (of 20) giclee prints 14″ X 9″. POA
info@LondonDada.co.uk

( Click on the collage to enlarge )

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Dada in London; work 553; Dada Gems of Autumn.

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The Dada Gems of Autumn
c. Dingo / Michael St. Mark, Nov. 2011

(  Fallen Beech leaves from St.James Park, November 19th.
Selection by Dingo, assemblage and photography by M. St.M. )

Beauty in the ordinary, the trodden upon, the common, is  often overlooked and discounted
as irrelevant in art. One of the missions of London Dada is to establish aesthetic
beauty – from which ever such ‘extra ordinary’ source, as totally artistically relevant.

( click to enlarge the eye candy )* Large file size, updated 2016

Dadaist Dingo; ” Seeing/Putting the extra in the ordinary” TM

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