Jim Shaw (artist)

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For other persons of the same name, see Jim Shaw.

Jim Shaw is a contemporary American artist.

In 2000 he staged a show at the ICA, London, of Thrift Store Paintings—paintings he had collected by (mostly anonymous) amateur artists in America.

Some reactions to this show were:

  • Adrian Searle (The Guardian):
1) The paintings are awful, indefensible, crapulous….these people can't draw, can't paint; these people should never be left alone with a paintbrush.
2) The Thrift Store Paintings are fascinating, alarming, troubled and funny. Scary too, just like America.[1]
  • Sarah Kent (Time Out):
Critics professing to be gobsmacked by these efforts can never have seen an amateur art show or walked along the railings of the Bayswater road. They should get out more.[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b "What the Critics Say – Jim Shaw at the ICA", newsletter 2, artrumour.com, October 23, 2000 Retrieved March 28, 2006

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