London Dada Work No. 647; When all the SFX are done

 

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When All the Special Effects are Done..
© Michael St.Mark 2013

.. and all the pretty patterns are more or less painted, printed and drawn; it’s time for art to go beyond the retinal, to dig beneath the surface of things, with the Power Tool of Perception / PTP ™  without suffering fear-based punitive exclusion from the mainstream media.

( billboard advertising Hayward Gallery’s ” Light Show” , Shoreditch EC1, 2013 )

Tawdry definition;
” Showy, flashy,  superficial… lacking in depth or real meaning ”

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More cheap shot gigantism – Hayward gallery 3D SFX from late 2012.
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( c. Art Axis / London Dada )

Skilled craftsmanship that entertains in a startling, funfair kind of way – sure.
But thought-provoking, challenging, enlightening? Well….


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