BANK was an artists' group active in London during the 1990s. Simon Bedwell and David Burrows were involved with it.
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." 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"
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." 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".
External links
- Art in America review of BANK at Gallerie Poo-Poo, February, 1999
- BANK timeline
- 'Robert Prime gallery got BANK’d. Stephen Friedman gallery got BANK’d', ADP magazine, 4 November 2009.
References
Art in America, October, 2003.[full citation needed] http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1248/is_10_90/ai_92352645/pg_4 ↩
Matthew Collings, Art Crazy Nation, 21 Publishing Ltd., 2001, pp36-37. ISBN 1-901785-08-4 /wiki/ISBN_(identifier) ↩
Julian Stallabrass, High Art Lite: British Art in the Nineties, Verso, 1999. pp69-70. ISBN 1-85984-318-2 /wiki/ISBN_(identifier) ↩
Matthew Collings, Art Crazy Nation, 21 Publishing Ltd., 2001, pp95. ISBN 1-901785-08-4 /wiki/ISBN_(identifier) ↩