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Jane Kelly (artist)

Jane Kelly (born 7 May 1956) is a journalist and artist, affiliated with the Stuckist art group.[1] She was dismissed from the Daily Mail after exhibiting a painting of serial killer Myra Hindley.[2]

Jane Kelly
Jane Kelly
Born (1956-05-07) 7 May 1956 (age 67)
NationalityBritish
EducationCentral Saint Martins College of Art and Design
Royal Central School of Speech and Drama
Known forPainting
Notable workIf We Could Undo Psychosis 2, Paul Dacre's Prawn Cocktail
MovementStuckism

Life and work edit

Jane Kelly was born in Charlton, London, and educated at Pendeford High School, Wolverhampton, and Stirling University, where she graduated in 1978 in history and fine art.[1] 1978–79 she taught in Sosnowiec University, Poland, since when she has worked as a journalist, including the Walsall Observer, The Times, The Daily Telegraph, Daily Mail, The Guardian and Daily Express.[1] She said:

In the 1970s it was Lynda Lee-Potter against Jean Rook on the Daily Express, and we younger women writers all thought we would inherit that. But it's faded out. There's been a change in editorial approach. Perhaps lippy women aren't as much of a draw as they were.[3]

In 1995, she took an Advanced Diploma in Painting at the Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, London. In 2000, she exhibited in the Royal Academy Summer Show. The same year, she was a guest artist of the Stuckist art group, and in 2003 founded The Acton Stuckists group.[1]

 
Jane Kelly. If We Could Undo Psychosis 2.

In 2004, she was an exhibitor in The Stuckists Punk Victorian show at the Walker Art Gallery during the 2004 Liverpool Biennial. At the time she was a writer on the Daily Mail, but was dismissed after a painting by her, If We Could Undo Psychosis 2 featuring Myra Hindley, was exhibited in the show. The painting shows a family group of a mother and child with child-killer Myra Hindley substituted for the father and holding a teddy bear. The incident was reported on the front page of The Guardian newspaper, which commented:

Stuckism, the art movement founded by Tracey Emin's former boyfriend to oppose the pretensions of Britart, claims to advocate 'honest, uncensored expression'. Unfortunately, the Daily Mail does not appear to share those values.[2]

It described how the paper welcomed a previous work exhibited at the Royal Academy Summer Show by Kelly showing London Mayor Ken Livingstone in the context of the 1944 Stauffenberg plot against Hitler. The Daily Mail's managing editor, Lawrence Sear, who dismissed Kelly, described as "absolute rubbish" the claim that the loss of her job was related to her artwork.[2]

She has said that she was never given a full reason for her dismissal, but that she had previously also got into trouble by trying to introduce the term "German expressionism" into some copy about the performing dwarves used in the MGM film, The Wizard of Oz, some of whom came from Weimar Germany. She said that the acting feature editor at the time had never heard of such a thing and told her "what the fuck is German Expressionism? I have never heard of it and neither have our fucking readers."[4] Her own explanation of her painting in the show catalogue was:

I've always been fascinated by Myra Hindley's disastrous life and because hers was the first horrible crime I knew about as a child. I wanted to see what she might have looked like in the kind of family situation she was always denied.[1]

The painting sold to a European Union Commissioner for £3,500.[5]

In December 2006, her show, Stupid English Men, was held in a Brighton gallery, Art Café. Her painting of Tim Walker, The Sunday Telegraph's theatre critic and diarist, was stolen from the gallery.[6]

 
Jane Kelly. Paul Dacre's Prawn Cocktail.

In August 2007, she appeared in the documentary, The Daily Mail Diet, on Al Gore's Current TV internet video site, where she showed a painting of Daily Mail editor, Paul Dacre behind a prawn cocktail, which Kelly said represented "a little bit of taste, but very predictable, bland and no surprises—it's from a different age where people had a more limited palate", and that she had depicted him as a stern figure as he "loves the 50s he wants people to go back to a time of discipline".[7] She explains the other figure in the painting: "The Mail has always been slightly prurient and a bit scared of sex and I wanted this figure to represent that—it's slightly nasty and a bit threatening."[7] The documentary, on the same principle as the film Supersize Me, showed film maker Nick Angel consuming only one news product—the Daily Mail—for four weeks,[8] a diet, which Kelly considered, "dangerous—it would be like eating hamburgers and nothing else—you're starving yourself."[7] The Guardian challenged Daily Mail journalists to print out her picture and post it on the newsroom wall.[7]

Kelly's work is mainly preoccupied with The Holocaust and she sees herself as a "post-holocaust painter". She has visited Zandvoort beach, 15 minutes from Amsterdam, where Anne Frank used to go regularly as a child, accompanied by her family. Kelly made a painting based on this visit which was auctioned by Sotheby's in Belfast on 28 April 2006, in aid of victims of trauma. The painting was sold for £1,500 to an Irish collector. Kelly said, "It was rather a lonely job going out to Zandvoort to make the drawings for the painting and sometimes I doubted my sanity in doing it at all."

Her work has been shown at the Cristus Gallery, Sandgate, The Royal Academy Summer Show, The Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, The White Cube, London, the Sackville Gallery, London, the Excel Centre, Manchester, the MacRobert Arts Centre, Stirling and the Wolverhampton City Art Gallery.

In May 2010, she was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. She has kept a blog on her dealings with the NHS called Icantbelieveitsreallycancer.[9]

Gallery edit

See also edit

Notes and references edit

  1. ^ a b c d e Milner, Frank ed. The Stuckists Punk Victorian, p. 127, National Museums Liverpool 2004, ISBN 1-902700-27-9
  2. ^ a b c Wells, Matt and Cozens, Claire (2004)"Daily Mail sacks writer who painted Hindley picture", The Guardian. Retrieved 24 April 2006.
  3. ^ Thynne, Jane. "Media: Where now for the angry old (and not so old) women of Fleet"[permanent dead link], The Independent on Sunday, 24 October 2004. Retrieved from findarticles.com, 28 March 2008.
  4. ^ "Jane Kelly" stuckism.com. Retrieved 24 April 2006
  5. ^ "Art lovers leave Paul Dacre behind with Adolf Hitler"[permanent dead link], The Independent on Sunday, 26 August 2007. Retrieved from findarticles.com, 28 March 2008.
  6. ^ Luckhurst, Tim. "Sitting pretty", The Independent, 17 December 2006. Retrieved 28 March 2008.
  7. ^ a b c d "Wednesday August 22: Putting Dacre in the picture, The Guardian, 24 August 2007 (scroll down). See the painting. Retrieved 28 March 2008.
  8. ^ Conlan, Tara. "Weighty issue for Current TV", The Guardian, 20 August 2007. Retrieved 28 March 2008.
  9. ^ ICANTBELIEVEITSREALLYCANCER blog

External links edit

  • Jane Kelly's paintings on the Stuckism International website

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Jane Kelly born 7 May 1956 is a journalist and artist affiliated with the Stuckist art group 1 She was dismissed from the Daily Mail after exhibiting a painting of serial killer Myra Hindley 2 Jane KellyJane KellyBorn 1956 05 07 7 May 1956 age 67 Charlton London EnglandNationalityBritishEducationCentral Saint Martins College of Art and Design Royal Central School of Speech and DramaKnown forPaintingNotable workIf We Could Undo Psychosis 2 Paul Dacre s Prawn CocktailMovementStuckism Contents 1 Life and work 2 Gallery 3 See also 4 Notes and references 5 External linksLife and work editJane Kelly was born in Charlton London and educated at Pendeford High School Wolverhampton and Stirling University where she graduated in 1978 in history and fine art 1 1978 79 she taught in Sosnowiec University Poland since when she has worked as a journalist including the Walsall Observer The Times The Daily Telegraph Daily Mail The Guardian and Daily Express 1 She said In the 1970s it was Lynda Lee Potter against Jean Rook on the Daily Express and we younger women writers all thought we would inherit that But it s faded out There s been a change in editorial approach Perhaps lippy women aren t as much of a draw as they were 3 In 1995 she took an Advanced Diploma in Painting at the Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design London In 2000 she exhibited in the Royal Academy Summer Show The same year she was a guest artist of the Stuckist art group and in 2003 founded The Acton Stuckists group 1 nbsp Jane Kelly If We Could Undo Psychosis 2 In 2004 she was an exhibitor in The Stuckists Punk Victorian show at the Walker Art Gallery during the 2004 Liverpool Biennial At the time she was a writer on the Daily Mail but was dismissed after a painting by her If We Could Undo Psychosis 2 featuring Myra Hindley was exhibited in the show The painting shows a family group of a mother and child with child killer Myra Hindley substituted for the father and holding a teddy bear The incident was reported on the front page of The Guardian newspaper which commented Stuckism the art movement founded by Tracey Emin s former boyfriend to oppose the pretensions of Britart claims to advocate honest uncensored expression Unfortunately the Daily Mail does not appear to share those values 2 It described how the paper welcomed a previous work exhibited at the Royal Academy Summer Show by Kelly showing London Mayor Ken Livingstone in the context of the 1944 Stauffenberg plot against Hitler The Daily Mail s managing editor Lawrence Sear who dismissed Kelly described as absolute rubbish the claim that the loss of her job was related to her artwork 2 She has said that she was never given a full reason for her dismissal but that she had previously also got into trouble by trying to introduce the term German expressionism into some copy about the performing dwarves used in the MGM film The Wizard of Oz some of whom came from Weimar Germany She said that the acting feature editor at the time had never heard of such a thing and told her what the fuck is German Expressionism I have never heard of it and neither have our fucking readers 4 Her own explanation of her painting in the show catalogue was I ve always been fascinated by Myra Hindley s disastrous life and because hers was the first horrible crime I knew about as a child I wanted to see what she might have looked like in the kind of family situation she was always denied 1 The painting sold to a European Union Commissioner for 3 500 5 In December 2006 her show Stupid English Men was held in a Brighton gallery Art Cafe Her painting of Tim Walker The Sunday Telegraph s theatre critic and diarist was stolen from the gallery 6 nbsp Jane Kelly Paul Dacre s Prawn Cocktail In August 2007 she appeared in the documentary The Daily Mail Diet on Al Gore s Current TV internet video site where she showed a painting of Daily Mail editor Paul Dacre behind a prawn cocktail which Kelly said represented a little bit of taste but very predictable bland and no surprises it s from a different age where people had a more limited palate and that she had depicted him as a stern figure as he loves the 50s he wants people to go back to a time of discipline 7 She explains the other figure in the painting The Mail has always been slightly prurient and a bit scared of sex and I wanted this figure to represent that it s slightly nasty and a bit threatening 7 The documentary on the same principle as the film Supersize Me showed film maker Nick Angel consuming only one news product the Daily Mail for four weeks 8 a diet which Kelly considered dangerous it would be like eating hamburgers and nothing else you re starving yourself 7 The Guardian challenged Daily Mail journalists to print out her picture and post it on the newsroom wall 7 Kelly s work is mainly preoccupied with The Holocaust and she sees herself as a post holocaust painter She has visited Zandvoort beach 15 minutes from Amsterdam where Anne Frank used to go regularly as a child accompanied by her family Kelly made a painting based on this visit which was auctioned by Sotheby s in Belfast on 28 April 2006 in aid of victims of trauma The painting was sold for 1 500 to an Irish collector Kelly said It was rather a lonely job going out to Zandvoort to make the drawings for the painting and sometimes I doubted my sanity in doing it at all Her work has been shown at the Cristus Gallery Sandgate The Royal Academy Summer Show The Walker Art Gallery Liverpool The White Cube London the Sackville Gallery London the Excel Centre Manchester the MacRobert Arts Centre Stirling and the Wolverhampton City Art Gallery In May 2010 she was diagnosed with ovarian cancer She has kept a blog on her dealings with the NHS called Icantbelieveitsreallycancer 9 Gallery edit nbsp Happy Family nbsp If We Could Undo Psychosis 1 nbsp Death of Sandy nbsp You re in My Blood You FuckSee also editPortrait paintingNotes and references edit a b c d e Milner Frank ed The Stuckists Punk Victorian p 127 National Museums Liverpool 2004 ISBN 1 902700 27 9 a b c Wells Matt and Cozens Claire 2004 Daily Mail sacks writer who painted Hindley picture The Guardian Retrieved 24 April 2006 Thynne Jane Media Where now for the angry old and not so old women of Fleet permanent dead link The Independent on Sunday 24 October 2004 Retrieved from findarticles com 28 March 2008 Jane Kelly stuckism com Retrieved 24 April 2006 Art lovers leave Paul Dacre behind with Adolf Hitler permanent dead link The Independent on Sunday 26 August 2007 Retrieved from findarticles com 28 March 2008 Luckhurst Tim Sitting pretty The Independent 17 December 2006 Retrieved 28 March 2008 a b c d Wednesday August 22 Putting Dacre in the picture The Guardian 24 August 2007 scroll down See the painting Retrieved 28 March 2008 Conlan Tara Weighty issue for Current TV The Guardian 20 August 2007 Retrieved 28 March 2008 ICANTBELIEVEITSREALLYCANCER blogExternal links editJane Kelly s paintings on the Stuckism International website Heyoka Magazine Interview with Jane Kelly Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Jane Kelly artist amp oldid 1192705351, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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