Mark D, born Mark Randall,Deedes, Henry

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'', 13 February 2008. Retrieved 13 February 2008. is a British punk musician (guitarist and songwriter). He is also associated with the

Stuckist Stuckism () is an international art movement founded in 1999 by Billy Childish and Charles Thomson to promote figurative painting as opposed to conceptual art.Peterborough Peterborough () is a cathedral city in Cambridgeshire, east of England. It is the largest part of the City of Peterborough unitary authority district (which covers a larger area than Peterborough itself). It was part of Northamptonshire until ...

. He now lives in

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Music

From university onwards, Mark D (D standing for "degenerate") played in various bands including the

Fat Tulips Fat Tulips were an indie pop band from Nottingham, England who released one album, on the Vinyl Japan label, and over 10 singles on the band's own Heaven Records and others. History The Fat Tulips were formed in the late 1980s in Peterborough ...

, Confetti (when he was known as David), the Pleasure Heads (when he was known as Mark Randyhead), Oscar, Servalan and Sundress, and appeared on dozens of releases. He published and edited fanzines, including the underground C86 fanzine ''Two Pint Take Home''. He is a co-owner of Heaven Records."Mark D: Biog/text"
stuckism.com. Retrieved 13 February 2008 The Fat Tulips were formed in 1987 and have been described as "incredibly skilled in the art of buzzing electric guitars, ferocious tempos, pristine pop melodies and lyrics that weren't nearly as sweet as they sounded at first listen."
Retrieved 24 March 2006 The Fat Tulips broke up in the mid-1990s.

Painting

An interest in the music of

Billy Childish Billy Childish (born Steven John Hamper, 1 December 1959) is an English painter, author, poet, photographer, film maker, singer and guitarist. Since the late 1970s, Childish has been prolific in creating music, writing and visual art. He has le ...

led onto Childish's paintings, which he acquired, and subsequently also the work of other artists in the Stuckist group. He contacted two artists who had been exhibited by the Stuckists,

Stella Vine Stella Vine (born Melissa Jane Robson, 1969) is an English artist, who lives and works in London. Her work is figurative painting, with subjects drawn from personal life, as well as from rock stars, royalty, and other celebrities. In 2001, she ...

and

Gina Bold Gina Bold is an English artist/poet, who makes paintings, stained glass and sculpture. She was an artist in residence at Arlington House (London), Arlington House from May to November 2007."Biog" page from ginabold.com. Life and work Gina Bo ...

, both of whom refused to sell him work, because of his connection with Childish. Vine responded with an email, which said, "Go fuck yourself". He was encouraged and given advice by Stuckist co-founder,

Charles Thomson Charles Thomson (November 29, 1729 – August 16, 1824) was an Irish-born Patriot leader in Philadelphia during the American Revolution and the secretary of the Continental Congress (1774–1789) throughout its existence. As secretary, Thomson ...

, without whom Mark D said, "I could easily have given up on doing my own work." His paintings make visual and verbal comments on well-known figures in the art world, starting with Billy Childish,

Tracey Emin Tracey Karima Emin, CBE, RA (; born 3 July 1963) is a British artist known for her autobiographical and confessional artwork. Emin produces work in a variety of media including drawing, painting, sculpture, film, photography, neon text and ...

and

Damien Hirst Damien Steven Hirst (; né Brennan; born 7 June 1965) is an English artist, entrepreneur, and art collector. He is one of the Young British Artists (YBAs) who dominated the art scene in the UK during the 1990s. He is reportedly the United King ...

. He describes Emin as "without doubt a very talented artist whose work I greatly admire." Mark D first exhibited in September 2005 with the Stuckists at La Viande gallery, Shoreditch, in a show 'Painting Is the Medium of Yesterday"—Paul Myners CBE, Chairman of Tate Gallery, Chairman of Marks and Spencer, Chairman of Aspen Insurance, Chairman of Guardian Media, Director of Bank of England, Director of Bank of New York. A Show of Paintings by the Stuckists, as Refused by the Tate Gallery. Guaranteed 100% Free of Elephant Dung.'' His solo show, ''Mark D and the Stuckists v Tracey Emin and Damien Hirst'', was at the Art Organisation gallery in March 2007. It included a display of material about Stuckist demonstrations. As well as his own paintings he showed paintings by other Stuckist artists from his collection, which he jointly owns with his wife, Tully, and states is "the world's largest collection of Stuckist paintings". In February 2008, he staged a show of his paintings, which satirise

's images of

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and

Kate Moss Katherine Ann Moss (born 16 January 1974) is a British model. Arriving at the end of the "supermodel era", Moss rose to fame in the early 1990s as part of the heroin chic fashion trend. Her collaborations with Calvin Klein brought her to fas ...

, replacing the former with

Victoria Beckham Victoria Caroline Beckham (; born 17 April 1974) is an English fashion designer, singer, and television personality. She rose to prominence in the 1990s as a member of the girl group the Spice Girls, in which she was nicknamed Posh Spice. W ...

and showing Moss eating slugs. The exhibition, held jointly with

Abby Jackson Abby Jackson (born 1982) is a British artist, Stuckist painter, writer and art activist. Life and work Abby Jackson was born in North Devon and lives and works in London. She attended Somerset College of Arts and Technology, Somerset College of ...

at La Viande gallery in

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, London, was called ''Disney Heroines Committing Suicide''.

Some outstanding musicians have proved that all you need are 3 chords and a cheap guitar to come up with a classic. I find it much more interesting to listen to some low budget production record full of life and energy with lots of good ideas, (e.g. early Clash and
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,
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and, of course, Billy Childish with the Buff Medways etc.) than some over-produced bland pomp like
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or U2.

described his work as "brilliant punk paintings". Thomson, Charles. "Charles Thomson" in: Jeffreys, Tom
"London exhibitions"
, Spoonfed Media, 19 December 2008. Retrieved 30 August 2010.

Gallery

Image:Mark D. Kate Moss.jpg, Mark D. ''Kate Moss: Kate Loves Slugs''. Image:Mark D. Heather Mills.jpg, ''Heather Mills: Beauty and the Beatles Money'' Image:Mark D. Paris Hilton.jpg, ''Paris Hilton: Panties Please Paris'' Image:Mark D. Tracey Emin.jpg, ''Tracey Emin:I Could Be Carrie'' Image:Mark D. Billy Childish.jpg, ''Billy Childish: Truth Lies and Audiotape'' Image:Mark D. Gina Bold.jpg, ''Gina Bold: I Blame Charles'' Image:Mark D. Damien Hirst.jpg, ''Damien Hirst: Money for Old Rope'' Image:ShedBoatShed400.jpg, ''Shed Boat Shed Shed''

References

External links

Mark D paintings on the Stuckism International site
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Music

Painting

Gallery

See also

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