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Jamie Shovlin

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45:. Saatchi only realised the work was a hoax halfway through the exhibition when he noticed that the girl's name, and that of her teacher John Ivesmail, were both anagrams of Jamie Shovlin. It is occasionally suggested that Saatchi bought the work believing that Jelish was real. Asked about this, Shovlin replied "He fully knew what was going on. But the more I think about it, the more it adds another layer to the piece." Commenting on the exhibition, Jamie said "I wouldn't call it a hoax. It's 76:
Shovlin claims that the main function of his hoaxes was not simply to fool the audience, but rather to let them gradually realise that they were being tricked, and encourage them to question their preconceptions. To this end he included clues in the exhibitions, such as notes describing Lustfaust as
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He staged his first exhibition in 2004, at Riflemaker in London, basing it on what he claimed were the drawings of a disappeared schoolgirl called Naomi V. Jelish. He supported this claim with newspaper cuttings and diaries, and the work was bought for £25,000 by
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to tell his readers how the band had "cocked a notorious snook at the music industry in the late 1970s by giving away their music on blank cassettes and getting their fans to design their own covers." The collection (once exposed) was runner-up for the
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A 2006 project by Shovlin was an archive of letters and writings titled Mike Harte - Make Art. This piece consisted of an ongoing mail correspondence during 2001 from the Mike Harte, a long-time friend and collaborator of Shovlin.
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prize. In September 2007 Lustfaust, together with Schneider T.M., gave a concert to help celebrate the opening of the new Berlin exhibition space for Haunch of Venison.
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band "Lustfaust". This hoax was again supported with a network of websites Shovlin had created and prompted the cultural critic
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and others), David Roberts (Fontana Modern Masters). Shovlin is represented by Haunch Of Venison (London, Berlin,
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In 2006 Shovlin created another exhibition based on the memorabilia of the fictional German
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who did something normal in abnormal times, she has, I am sure, existed."
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Jamie Shovlin, In Search of Perfect Harmony, Tate Britain, 2006
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Shovlin's work can be found in the following collections,
157:"Jamie Shovlin: A Dream Deferred at Haunch of Venison" 53:of somebody from a difficult family, somebody like 8: 326:Jamie Shovlin, Fontana Modern Masters, 2005 188:"It's only mock 'n' roll but we like it" 221:"You couldn't make it up - but they do" 181: 179: 119: 117: 113: 150: 148: 252:Januszczak, Waldemar (2 April 2006). 100:, New York City), Unosunove Gallery ( 7: 316:Jamie Shovlin at the Saatchi Gallery 321:Jamie Shovlin, Naomi V Jelish, 2004 49:rather than tricking people. As an 311:Jamie Shovlin at Haunch of Venison 155:Whitworth, Damian (23 June 2007). 25: 376:21st-century British male artists 77:steering "dangerously close to 331:Jamie Shovlin, Lustfaust, 2006 1: 371:21st-century British artists 366:English contemporary artists 219:Lister, David (6 May 2006). 186:Jones, Alice (1 May 2006). 392: 361:British conceptual artists 306:Horton Gallery Artist Page 33:(born 1978) is a British 282:"MIKE HARTE - MAKE ART" 94:Fontana Modern Masters 233:on 27 September 2007 200:on 30 September 2007 66:Waldemar Januszczak 35:conceptual artist 16:(Redirected from 383: 293: 292: 290: 288: 278: 272: 271: 269: 267: 259:The Sunday Times 254:"Beck's Futures" 249: 243: 242: 240: 238: 229:. Archived from 216: 210: 209: 207: 205: 196:. Archived from 183: 174: 173: 171: 169: 152: 143: 142: 140: 138: 121: 21: 391: 390: 386: 385: 384: 382: 381: 380: 341: 340: 302: 297: 296: 286: 284: 280: 279: 275: 265: 263: 251: 250: 246: 236: 234: 226:The Independent 218: 217: 213: 203: 201: 193:The Independent 185: 184: 177: 167: 165: 154: 153: 146: 136: 134: 125:"Forging ahead" 123: 122: 115: 110: 90:Charles Saatchi 43:Charles Saatchi 28: 23: 22: 15: 12: 11: 5: 389: 387: 379: 378: 373: 368: 363: 358: 353: 343: 342: 339: 338: 333: 328: 323: 318: 313: 308: 301: 300:External links 298: 295: 294: 273: 244: 211: 175: 144: 133:. 10 July 2004 112: 111: 109: 106: 71:Beck's Futures 27:British artist 26: 24: 14: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 388: 377: 374: 372: 369: 367: 364: 362: 359: 357: 356:Living people 354: 352: 349: 348: 346: 337: 334: 332: 329: 327: 324: 322: 319: 317: 314: 312: 309: 307: 304: 303: 299: 283: 277: 274: 261: 260: 255: 248: 245: 232: 228: 227: 222: 215: 212: 199: 195: 194: 189: 182: 180: 176: 164: 163: 158: 151: 149: 145: 132: 131: 126: 120: 118: 114: 107: 105: 103: 99: 95: 91: 86: 82: 80: 74: 72: 67: 63: 58: 56: 52: 48: 44: 38: 36: 32: 31:Jamie Shovlin 19: 285:. Retrieved 276: 264:. Retrieved 257: 247: 235:. Retrieved 231:the original 224: 214: 202:. Retrieved 198:the original 191: 166:. Retrieved 160: 135:. Retrieved 130:The Guardian 128: 87: 83: 75: 59: 47:misdirection 39: 30: 29: 351:1978 births 345:Categories 287:21 January 108:References 79:Spinal Tap 55:Anne Frank 162:The Times 62:glam rock 51:archetype 18:Lustfaust 262:. London 81:-isms". 266:16 July 237:16 July 204:16 July 168:16 July 137:16 July 98:Zurich 289:2009 268:2007 239:2007 206:2007 170:2007 139:2007 102:Rome 347:: 256:. 223:. 190:. 178:^ 159:. 147:^ 127:. 116:^ 37:. 291:. 270:. 241:. 208:. 172:. 141:. 20:)

Index

Lustfaust
conceptual artist
Charles Saatchi
misdirection
archetype
Anne Frank
glam rock
Waldemar Januszczak
Beck's Futures
Spinal Tap
Charles Saatchi
Fontana Modern Masters
Zurich
Rome


"Forging ahead"
The Guardian


"Jamie Shovlin: A Dream Deferred at Haunch of Venison"
The Times


"It's only mock 'n' roll but we like it"
The Independent
the original
"You couldn't make it up - but they do"
The Independent
the original

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