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."Julian Stallabrass, ''High Art Lite: British Art in the Nineties'', Verso, 1999. pp. 69–70. 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".Matthew Collings, ''Art Crazy Nation'', 21 Publishing Ltd., 2001, pp95.

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''Art in America'' review of BANK at Gallerie Poo-Poo, February, 1999'Robert Prime gallery got BANK’d. Stephen Friedman gallery got BANK’d', ''ADP'' magazine, 4 November 2009.
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