Extract from forthcoming Tate Catalogue
A fully illustrated catalogue of the art, actions and lies of National Art Hate Week 2009 is now being published as part of the Art Hate Memorial Box.
It will include essays and critical analysis of the Art Hate and here is an extract from the introduction.
The history of hatred is rich in fascinating horribleness, and subject to many painful subdivisions. These include anger, rage, resentful and sullen festering, rationalisation, intolerance, prejudice, jealousy, schadenfreude and other manifestations of human imperfectness (and their leading of poor souls to sorrow or actual evil). In this project by Billy Childish, and others associated with him, Childish bravely summons the dark vocabularies of hatred in a way that is all the more powerful for being largely unspecified - unspecified other than that Childish directs critical attention to the art world, and the world viewed through art. Using wit and humour, the Art Hate project will turn the art world's particularly pure form of hatred energy - a virulent, socially irresponsible energy - against itself, so as to cause an enormous combustion of meanings. There can be few people working in the art world who will not experience at least a frisson of doom when they learn of Childish's project, and for whom it may give cause to repent. In this way, if their repentance is sincere enough, they may escape the pains of eternal art world hellfire.
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VICTORY!
From Beuys in Bexhill on Sea to the "unique" Museum Quarter of Hull, attendance at Art Institutions around the land has swelled this week as the citizens of Albion attend ART HATE sessions.
IT'S TRUE!
According to a leaked document from an unreliable source, a graph has been drawn that shows levels of visitors peaking at 10.30 am and 6.00 pm during the Morning and Evening Art Hates.
CASH INJECTION
A list of figures in the same document shows that this rise in gallery attendance has also given a much needed boost to our crippled economy. Most of the extra cash has been spent on cappacinos, but everything from public transport to the packed lunch industry has felt the benefit.
NOT SO GOOD
Other reports have been less favourable.
COMING SOON
The ANTI ART HATE LEAGUE - Art Love and how it won.
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STOP PRESS
STOP PRESS......
The limited release of the NATIONAL ART HATE ANTHEM by Silent Revolt has run into technical and legal difficulties.
The pressing plant has refused to "touch such filth" and the Art Hate lawyers are strongly advising The Central Committee of Art Hate Artists to abandon the project.
Undeterred, we are ignoring their advice, but this does mean a delay in the release by up to 5 weeks.
Another pressing plant has agreed to press the 'B' side "PRETTY VACANT ART HATE" but at present it looks like we'll have to settle for a BLANK 'A' side. It is also advised that you never listen to the 'B' side.
ONLY 113 OF THESE RECORDS WILL BE MADE
EACH ONE WILL BE SIGNED BY SILENT REVOLT (James Cauty and Billy Childish) AND COVER ARTIST JAMIE REID
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