This article is about the artists' group in London. For the financial institutions, see Bank.

BANK was an artists' group active in London during the 1990s. Simon Bedwell and David Burrows were involved with it.[citation needed]

BANK also published a satirical magazine delivering tabloid-style critiques of the art world. Headlines included, "AD MAN YOU’RE A BAD MAN," and, "GALLERIES 'ALL OWNED BY RICH PEOPLE' SHOCK."[1] Other "frankly adolescent" headlines were "ARSE COUNCIL", "SIMON PATTERSON - ONE IDEA, EIGHT YEARS", "CARRY ON CURATING", "PIPPA-LOTTA-RIST-ACTION" and "SAM-TAYLOR WOULD-NOT"[2]

Julian Stallabrass said BANK’s activity was "the parodic creation of corporate identity at the centre of which (as their name suggests) is a noisy and constant reference to that matter of which the art world usually whispers: money."[3] They had, according to Matthew Collings, a "surly, self-destructive, self-conscious, introspective attitude - combined...with critical intelligence and a flair for spotting weaknesses in the art system".[4]

References

  1. ^ Art in America, October, 2003.[full citation needed]
  2. ^ Matthew Collings, Art Crazy Nation, 21 Publishing Ltd., 2001, pp36-37. ISBN 1-901785-08-4
  3. ^ Julian Stallabrass, High Art Lite: British Art in the Nineties, Verso, 1999. pp69-70. ISBN 1-85984-318-2
  4. ^ Matthew Collings, Art Crazy Nation, 21 Publishing Ltd., 2001, pp95. ISBN 1-901785-08-4
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BANK_(art_collective)
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