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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.

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” It’s not people stealing my ideas that bothers me so much as them not having any of their own” – Nikola Tesla

Nick ( nicking original creatives’ ideas ) Munro proudly displaying on TV without scruples the mirror idea he stole and sold to John Lewis, passing it off as his own creation, just 6 weeks after Mike St.Mark posted the virtually identical Infinitude III , the Digital / Pixel Mirror.

London Dada’s Digital Mirror

Work No 767; Infinitude III, the Dada Digital Mirror

Emerging and established artists and designers are known to peruse the vast London Dada archives, however some have been proven to be less scrupulous than others, notably Nick Munro ( above), 

Damien Hirst
( https://londondada.art/2008/01/20/work_no_302_loggius_fishus_extraordinari3606353/ )

Rachel Whiteread
(  https://londondada.art/2005/09/16/work184673/ )

 Fiona Tan
( https://londondada.art/2018/12/05/some-serious-imitation-frithstreet-this-winter/ ) ,

BBC’s  Miranda Keeling
 ( https://londondada.art/2006/11/17/new_dada_work1338924/ ),

Andrea Buttner
( https://londondada.art/2017/12/05/london-dada-work-no-997-real-turner-fake-art/ ) and

Chris Levine
( https://londondada.art/2011/07/21/rupert-murdoch-fade-out-new-dada-work-11518893/ ) and ( https://londondada.art/2016/06/23/work-843-tate-modern-transition/ )

For the benefit of reputations and for the sake of good order please note that London Dada will highlight uncredited obvious plagiarism of ideas, concepts, musical compositions or images obviously closely influenced by artworks appearing on this or other LD-related websites or social media, Flikr pages, Instagram or YouTube channel.

This won’t necessarily be limited to social media but, for example, leafleting outside galleries showing offending artists’ works as well as other peaceful yet effective methods along with taking IP lawyer advice on commencement of legal proceedings on grounds of copyright infringement.

We suggest creatively challenged establishment artists (or talent-starved branding agencies) take their career-building material from elsewhere if they don’t have the moral character and integrity to credit their source or influence

” Creative theft – the lowest form of art ”  TM

Michael St. Mark
London, October 25th 2005