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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.

London Dada Work 460; “Untitled” II

 


UNTITLED ” II
© Michael St.Mark 2011

 

Second in the series.
Playful reaction to the somewhat tedious and ubiquitous Untitled “title” of many contemporary artworks; the deliberate placing of the word in quotation marks intending to suggest the actual title is – or should be – evident from the image itself.

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London Dada Work No. 459; Missing Viewpoint

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Mi..ing V..wpoint
c. Michael St. Mark 2011

 

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Space left after the metal viewpoint plaque at Orrest Head, Windermere, Cumbria ( Lake District) was stolen from its slate plinth in 2011, that had featured an engraving of a drawing by A. Wainwright, famous guidebook writer, fell-walker and artist. ( Subsequently replaced by the Wainwright Society )
Echoed in the missing view that day, due to an all-enveloping mist.
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Signed limited edition of 25 Lightjet prints on Kodak Pro Endura
24″ x 16″
£350 ( unframed )

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* See website for purchase details

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Viewpoint restored, 2013


Dada Work 458; This Green and Pleasant Land


 This Green and Pleasant Land
 c. Michael St.Mark 2011

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Regimented consumerism forced upon an increasingly controlled and dumbed-down population in a state of sheep-like stasis, who are motivated only by the false promise of future “greener grass”.
Metaphor and multi-interpretation key word for the Work; “CAGED”