Rantblog:
Just saw this posted by Art in Liverpool’s Ian Jackson on Facebook
http://www.artinliverpool.com/blog/2009/08/topshop…
Liverpool’s new topshop are looking for an artist to design and paint the walls in both Topshop and Topman. The store is going to be huge (biggest outside London I think) and has taken months to refit/build. In the midst of all this development you don’t think they could manage to leave a bit of cash for the art? No, if you win, it’s even preferable that you have your own team of helpers. Nice. You have 5 days to finish it and although there is no payment, you will get ‘considerable media attention’. Ah really? thanks Topshop, you lovely multi-million pound business you. It doesn’t even say if they will provide the paint/materials – that could make it a very expensive load of media attention if they don’t.
This is incredibly angry-making and is a good example of art being added on for decoration (literally) at the last minute. Would a measly £500 have killed them? Wonder how much the shop fittings cost, and the plastic bags? A lot more than the art for sure.
