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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.

New Dada work 490; They who have Seen the Light 1


They who have seen the light (1)
c. Michael St.Mark 2011

 

First in an exciting new series exploring and celebrating eccentricity in human character expressed through unusual dress sense, whether consciously displayed ..  or not.

London Dada work no. 489; Spirit Sheds VII / Shed of tortured spirits


  Spirit Sheds VII / Shed of Tortured spirits
c. Michael St.Mark 2011


.. latest in the longstanding LD Spirit Sheds series. Since 2005.

Three years on; Artist / plagiarist Fiona Tan catches on to the, er, spirit with a thinly-disguised alternative title…
https://fionatan.nl/project/ghost-dwellings-i-iii/

What can happen to artists who steal instead of create…

Some serious imitation @ Frith Street Gallery / Fiona Tan