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Newspeak: British Art Now, Saatchi Gallery
Newspeak: British Art Now, Saatchi Gallery
It's a bit like the Royal Academy Summer Show trying to do 'edgy'
Wednesday, 02 June 2010
'Dad with Tits': Ged Quinn's oedipal twist on the famous portrait of George Washington
These days, it seems that approaching any new Saatchi exhibition, especially one that promises to be even bigger than all the previous ones held at the multi-galleried, three-storey Chelsea venue, makes the heart fairly sink. How much bigger, you want to ask, and why use size as a measure of anything? Surely there isn’t enough headspace to accommodate all those loud, clamorous, “look-at-me” artworks favoured by Saatchi all in one go? And this is just Part One. Part Two will be something to look forward to in late October.
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