London Dada Work No. 627; Prison GB ( looking in )

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Prison GB ( looking in)
c. 2013 Michael St.Mark

View from the covered walkway entrance to the Royal Exchange near the Bank of England
in London’s financial quarter, built largely on the back of the slave trade and  profits of Empire.
Social comment on a nation imprisoned by compliance with authority, blind acceptance of a corrupt mainstream media, debt and the greed of bankers backed by the political elite.

Colour-adjusted photograph.
High quality giclee on Hahnemuhle Etching, 24″x 19″
Signed limited edition of 25.




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London Dada work 626. Jubilee; a state-of-the-nation update

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Jubilee ( a state-of-the-nation update)
( painted sheep skull ( Rough Fell breed ) with dried sheep faeces )
c. Michael St.Mark, Dec 31st 2012

London Dada social commentary work to round off the Queen’s diamond jubilee year of 2012.
Concrete work inspired by the quote from the music legend & eminently sane Frank Zappa;


” Until you change yourselves from subjects to citizens, you’re always going to be eating shit”

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” Monarch and subject”
– every piece of oppressive govt. legislation gets guaranteed royal assent ( the bejewelled nod ).

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” We Only Have Eyes for Ewe, Maam ”

This artwork is refined and varnished and with cutout eye socket photographs.
Includes 12″ stainless steel tube support and placed within a glass display case.
One worldwide; £14,000

Contact; St.Mark@londondada.com

” Art, for us, is not an end in itself, but an opportunity to express true perception and criticism of the times in which we live” – Hugo Ball, founder of Dada, 1916

http://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/22302.Frank_Zappa