Recent
C6 business has seen the Dotmasters out and about around the UK.
Providing visuals for the Buzzcocks on their recent 30th anniversary
tour gave the Dotmaster crew the perfect opportunity to get up on
galleries in major towns within the UK.
Galleries exhibiting works include: Arnolfoni Gallery Bristol, Glasgow
School of Art, The Watershed Bristol, The Green Rooms Manchester,
Cargo, Shoreditch, London, Warwick Arts Center, Coventry and The
Baltic Gallery, Newcastle for the 'Spank the Monkey' show . A growing
number of these sites are being added to the Dotmasters map so check
them out
Ironically the only gallery whose security nearly prevented the
installation of this contemporary master piece was The Baltic gallery
whose block buster graffiti show 'Spank the Monkey' spills out of
the exhibition space. Sheppard fairly's large scale canvases cover
car park wall . Mona's appearance on the Baltic's security lodge
door opposite Mr fairly's'peace' work was executed with
two close calls, while in london the venue cargo cu rated the two
works side by side.
In which way does the policy of security reflect the internal policy
of each location? How do you reconcile a show of criminals in any
sort of security policy? When does art become crime and crime art?
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