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.

Work No. 507; Baked Beans on Loam

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Baked beans on loam ( South Mimms, Herts )
c. 2011 Michael St. Mark

Out for a weekday amble, we pass a 3-acre field recently torched by some
idiot fire-starter.
On closer inspection the former crop is discovered to be Field Beans and..
a creative spark of sorts was struck


 

New Dada work 506; Aesthetic Antithesis 1 – Flatscreen wallmounts

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Aesthetics Antitheses 1 ( HD widescreen edition )
c. Michael St.Mark 2011


Context

Flat Screen television wall mount brackets on display in-store at John Lewis from earlier this year. First in a new dAda series bringing to the viewer’s attention the intrinsic design purity of purely functional day-to-day items where no thought whatsoever  has gone into making the finished product in any sense fashionable or attractive. This, in itself lays bare the mechanical engineering processes behind the objects’ manufacture which are free from the limited constraints of time-honoured fashion or individual preference. Curiously, here they are also the very antithesis of the objects they are designed to support – hidden,  unwatched, un-noticed,  and utterly divorced from even remote social interaction. This, also in itself,  imbues the objects with an unconscious  power. ( The artwork itself is presented in HD widescreen format to invoke further intrigue )