Record

Collection NameHimid, Lubaina
RefNoTGA 202310/35/19
LevelItem
TitleTyped cover letter from Mark Hendricks, customer services agent, Art Watch, marketing services to artists, Wells Street, London, to Lubaina Himid, enclosing questionnaire 'Unpatriotic product use by British artists'
Date31 Mar 1995
Extent2 items
Access StatusOPEN
LocationManuscript collection
DescriptionCriticises British artists for using American art materials like Liquitex, rather than British products such as Winsor & Newton (twice misspellt). The documents look like they were originally crumpled by Himid.

Questionnaire mentions Damian Hirst. Sample questions : 'Would you call yourself a British Artist, if not why not?' and 'Under what conditions could you be coerced into using products produced in this great nation'.
FormatDocument - correspondence
LanguageEnglish
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