Author Archives: Michael St.Mark

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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.

The most influential new art movement in the world today?

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” According to Art Review, it’s the duty of artists to emphasise the importance of freedom of expression within their works” – BBC R4, 10am news, Thursday 13th October 2011

( Reporting on the leading UK contemporary art magazine’s reasons for the decision to give this year’s ” world’s most powerful artist” award to the Chinese dissident protest artist Ai Weiwei )
Compared with ” …it’s the duty of all artists to use their god-given enhanced perception
to include elements of shake-up/wake-up social commentary and protest within their body of work.”  Michael St. Mark, Monday 10th October 2011 ( 3 days previously ) on the LondonDada post for work 518 ” Cameron Double Double Talk “

Links thematically to Work No. 518; Cameron Double Double Talk

Art is re-orienting!

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London Dada founder Michael St.Mark


” The limits of Tyrants are Prescribed by the Endurance
of those whom they Oppress ” ( Artist unknown, contact for credit)
That applies equally to the UK as to China,  Art  Review.

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London Dada Work No.526; They who have seen the light (VIII). Ms. Highlight.

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Ms Highlights
They Who Have Seen the Light VIII- Ms. Highlights
Michael St.Mark 2011

This vibrantly color-coded girl was captured, as it were, wandering around  a large bargain store as if in a dream.
On checking out I commented to the cashier on her somewhat dazzling appearance, to be informed she runs her own hairdressers in town.
Daring to be a little different – respect.

 

 

London Dada work 525; "What is art and what is not art?"

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What is art and what is not art?
c. 2011 Michael St.Mark

” Art is what you can get away with” – Andy Warhol

‘”The most important thing in art is The Frame. For painting: literally; for other arts: figuratively– because, without this humble appliance, you can’t know where The Art stops and The Real World begins. You have to put a ‘box’ around it because otherwise, what is that shit on the wall?”
― Frank Zappa
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“I can’t wait to get into a position to make really bad art and get away with it. At the moment if I did certain things people would look at it, consider it and then say ‘f off’. But after a while you can get away with things.” – Damien Hirst

What, on the other hand, is Dada?
Don’t let them fool you into thinking it’s a nonsensical art movement. Far from it.

“ DADA is the burning search for a new morality” – C. W. Richard Huelsenbeck, co-founder of Dada, 1916.

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