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 resurrect a piece of playful DADA anti art ( Work 152 from Dec 2005, click on Archive above ), taken (stolen) using prohibited (flash) photography from within the dark confines of ” Dali Universe”, then located on the South Bank, London.
We accept Salvador Dali’s stated invitation ( actually printed by Dali Universe heirs on the mount below the miniature ) to steal the famous surrealist’s ideas in the spirit in which it was offered by the artist and claim this to therefore be a genuine ( world’s first ) posthumous art collaboration and with the tacit approval of Dali himself given before his death.
The actual work is in the form of a one-off photo print, 20 X 25cms, mounted, framed and signed with a copy of Salvador Dali’s common art signature alongside that of Michael St.Mark.
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Dead Dali Dada – a posthumous collaboration
by Salvador Dali and Michael St. Mark c. 2005
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Scene of the flash & grab art theft, the Dali Universe in 2005. Link to the 2005 post