The Save the Arts campaign is organised by the London branch of the Turning Point Network, a national consortium of over 2,000 arts organisations and artists dedicated to working together and finding new ways to support the arts in the UK.
The aim of the Save the Arts campaign is to encourage people to sign a petition which will be sent to the Culture Secretary, Jeremy Hunt. It points out that it has taken 50 years to create a vibrant arts culture in Britain that is the envy of the world and appeals to the government not to slash arts funding and risk destroying this long-term achievement and the social and economic benefits it brings to all.
Over a hundred leading artists including David Hockney, Damien Hirst, Anthony Caro, Howard Hodgkin, Anish Kapoor, Richard Hamilton, Bridget Riley, Antony Gormley and Tracey Emin have joined the campaign to make the case against the proposed 25% cuts in government funding of the arts. The campaign acknowledges that reasonable cuts and efficiencies are necessary but that the 25% cuts being proposed will destroy much of what has been achieved and will have a particularly damaging impact on smaller scale arts organisations, as well as on national and regional museums and their collections.
The first stage of the campaign presents a new video animation by artist David Shrigley highlighting the effect of the funding cuts and a new work by Jeremy Deller with Scott King and William Morris. Each week, the work of a different artist will be released. Mark Wallinger will present the next project.
The costs of David Shrigley’s animation have been covered with a grant from the Paul Hamlyn Foundation. All artists engaged in this project have generously donated their time, talent and art.
The London branch of the Turning Point Network includes representatives from:
Acme Studio,Artangel,Barbican,British Film Institute,Camden Arts Centre,Cape Farewell,Central Saint Martin’s College,Chisenhale,Cubitt,Engage,Frieze,Greater London Authority,Hayward Gallery/ Southbank Centre
ICA,Iniva,National Portrait Gallery,Photographers Gallery,Royal Academy,Serpentine Gallery,South London Gallery,Tate,The Whitechapel Gallery,
Artists Supporting the Save the Arts campaign
Faisal Abduallah,David Austen,Charles Avery,Fiona Banner,Jordan Baseman,Becky Beasley,Zarina Bhimji
Karla Black,Martin Boyce,Anthony Caro,Jake & Dinos Chapman,Adam Chodzko,Steve Claydon,Nathan Coley
Matt Collishaw,Nigel Cooke,Tony Cragg,Michael Craig-Martin,Juan Cruz,Ian Davenport,Richard Deacon,Tacita Dean,Richard Deacon,Jeremy Deller,Willie Doherty,Peter Doig,Tracey Emin,Nogah Engler,Luke Fowler,Anya Gallaccio,Ryan Gander,Ori Gerscht,Liam Gillick,Andy Goldsworthy,Douglas Gordon,Antony Gormley
Brian Griffiths,Sunil Gupta,Maggi Hambling,Richard Hamilton,Mona Hatoum,Susan Hiller,Damien Hirst
David Hockney,Howard Hodgkin,Runa Islam,Alison Jackson,Chantal Joffe,Isaac Julien,Alan Kane,Anish Kapoor,Michael Landy,Mark Leckey,Hew Locke,Sarah Lucas,Steve McQueen,Malcolm Morley,Ron Mueck,David Nash,Rosalind Nashashibi,Mike Nelson,Tim Noble,Humphrey Ocean,Harold Offeh,Julian Opie,Cornelia Parker,Peter Peri,Grayson Perry,Susan Philipsz,Tom Phillips,Marc Quinn,Fiona Rae,Peter Randall-Page,Bridget Riley,Conrad Shawcross,Yinka Shonibare,David Shrigley,Bob and Roberta Smith,Terry Smith,Simon Starling,Sam Taylor-Wood,Jurgen Teller,Wolfgang Tillmans,Mark Titchner,Keith Tyson,Francis Upritchard,Jessica Voorsanger,
Mark Wallinger,Rebecca Warren,Gillian Wearing,Sue Webster,Richard Wentworth,Rachel Whiteread,Cathy Wilkes,Jane and Louise Wilson,Bill Woodrow,Richard Wright,Carey Young,Toby Ziegler,
It has taken 50 years to create a vibrant arts culture in Britain that is the envy of the world. We the undersigned appeal to the government not to slash arts funding and risk destroying this long-term achievement and the social and economic benefits it brings to all sign the petition:
www.gopetition.com/
http://twitter.com/Save_the_Arts
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