Following yesterday's announcements about cuts for arts organisations, it's a good time to be reminded of David Shrigley's animation made a year ago for the Save the Arts UK campaign.
More more information about the cuts to arts council funding there's an article from the Guardian here.
If you want to see more of David Shrigley's work, try his website at http://www.davidshrigley.com/
It just pains me that they're attempting to turn the 'arts' into something where success is only measured by income generated and how much it simulates an economy.
ReplyDeleteThe truth is, throughout the entire history of the world it's the speculative or 'uncommercial' art that often stimulates or inspires a population. Not the factories churning out office monkeys year on year.
Look at the YBA's for example. They made Britain art scene the most talked about in the world. To this day still generating HUGE amounts of money for the economy. Yet their work is often just seem as: used condoms, dead fish in a tank, and nothing more.
More art = more money. Not, no art/cuts = more money.
Nicely put, Thomas!
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