{"id":737,"date":"2012-06-26T09:18:27","date_gmt":"2012-06-26T09:18:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thejackdaw.co.uk\/?page_id=737"},"modified":"2012-07-13T12:10:26","modified_gmt":"2012-07-13T12:10:26","slug":"off-the-record","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.thejackdaw.co.uk\/?page_id=737","title":{"rendered":"Off the record"},"content":{"rendered":"

Warms the cockles of your art<\/strong><\/p>\n

There is little self-grandeur about David Lee, one of our best art critics.<\/p>\n

The autobiographical note on his rejigged Jackdaw website says: \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcBorn in Manchester in 1952, he was well-educated by inspired men free of charge by the state, for which he is eternally grateful. He supports Manchester City, loves classical sculpture, Dickens, the railways, Rivington Pike, birds and Bob Dylan.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u02dcHe dislikes establishments and is a member of none. He doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t watch the television and still has (mostly) his own teeth. His knees are beginning to play up.\u00e2\u20ac\u2122<\/p>\n

Quentin Letts, Daily Mail, 9 June 2012<\/em><\/p>\n

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Calling time on the ICA<\/strong><\/p>\n

The ICA will be delighted that its latest exhibition has managed to make hackles rise. From tomorrow it is planning to play a recording of seven people reciting the days of the week in random order. The ICA says this \u00e2\u20ac\u0153sound installation\u00e2\u20ac\u009d by US artist Bruce Nauman \u00e2\u20ac\u201d titled Days \u00e2\u20ac\u201d \u00e2\u20ac\u0153invokes both the banality and the profundity of the passing of each day\u00e2\u20ac\u009d. It \u00e2\u20ac\u0153invites reflection on how\u00c2\u00a0 we measure, differentiate and commemorate time\u00e2\u20ac\u009d.<\/p>\n

Piffle, says Julian Spalding, former museum director and author of Con Art, who pours scorn on the work. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Shakespeare said it all in \u00e2\u20ac\u02dctomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow\u00e2\u20ac\u2122. Referring to Macbeth murdering people, well, this is Nauman and \u00e2\u20ac\u02dccon artists\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 murdering art.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

Further ridicule comes from David Lee, editor of The Jackdaw satirical art magazine, who says: \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The ICA\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s description of [\u00e2\u20ac\u02dcbanality and profundity\u00e2\u20ac\u2122] is the drivel you usually expect people to write about that kind of thing. How is it profound?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

London Evening Standard, 18 June 2012<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

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Henry Scott Irvine presents: Rocking the art world<\/strong><\/p>\n

(at 35 mins >): The Jackdaw’s David Lee
\nHenry talks about the Turner Prize show in Gateshead; David tells ‘how the Tate paid a ransom and called it a reward’. They discuss recent examples of artbollocks from Anthony Gormley, the Disneyfication of our museums and art galleries, and listen to a bit of Bob.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.mixcloud.com\/henrysgigs\/rocking-the-art-world\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Show Me the Monet: the Apprentice for artists<\/strong>
\nThe artworld’s version of The X Factor<\/em> and Dragons’s Den<\/em>, Show Me The Monet <\/em>has a group of mainly amateur artists battling to get their artwork shown in the Mall Galleries in London.
\nhttp:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/culture\/culturepicturegalleries\/9389206\/Show-Me-the-Monet-the-Apprentice-for-artists.html<\/a><\/p>\n

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Show Me the Monet exhibition successes<\/strong><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.showmethemonet.tv\/artwork-show1.php<\/a><\/p>\n

Show Me the Monet, BBC iPlayer<\/strong><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/i\/b01kwmbp\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Show Me the Monet, Facebook<\/strong><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ShowMetheMonet<\/a><\/p>\n

Show Me the Monet \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Talent Show Ennui?<\/strong><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.culturecompass.co.uk\/2012\/07\/02\/show-me-the-monet-%E2%80%93-talent-show-ennui\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Artists make it on to BBC2’s Show Me the Monet<\/strong>
\nhttp:\/\/ukhandmade.co.uk\/content\/inspire-artists-make-it-bbc2s-%E2%80%98show-me-monet%E2%80%99<\/a><\/p>\n

Artist competitions<\/strong><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.artistcompetitions.co.uk\/2011\/12\/bbc2-show-me-the-monet-series-2\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Show Me the Monet – X factor for Artists?<\/strong><\/p>\n

http:\/\/makingamark.blogspot.co.uk\/2012\/07\/show-me-monet-x-factor-for-artists.html<\/a><\/p>\n

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