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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 22: Land of the Cat Killers

Land Of The Cat Killers
c. 2005 Michael St.Mark

Heather burn patches under light snow cover. Dumfries-shire SW Scotland.

* On Scottish estates, where highly lucrative grouse-shooting takes place every August, cat-owning residents of local villages suffer from a greater than average loss of their beloved pets. The factors and gamekeepers keep tight-lipped about all illegal killings that protect the grouse population and their eggs – including  birds of prey that are also statistically thin on the ground in
areas controlled by the big landowners. – M. St.M