ost contemporary artists seem to think that you don't have to bother to find an audience, the Pop-art philosophy appears to be quite unpopular at the moment...

Just associate with the right "important" people, who will eventually take care to shove their taste down everybody's throath, seems to be the concept still propagated at most art schools.

Good to see not everybody wants to wait that long: London based Stuart Semple, a self-proclaimed "modern Napoleon in rags", is a young artists with a healthy thing for witty self promotion, whose work touches many popular subjects and styles.

Self-confident and rather dandyfied, reminding one a bit of a young Duggie Fields or Andy Warhol, Stuart's hyperactivity and pop star-like self-image indeed point in a pretty modern & bright direction.


In one of his recent works, "Burn, Baby Burn", he inventively recycles the charred remains of some of Saatchi's bland "Brit-art" taken from a burned down London art storeage-building, brilliantly incorporating them into plastic Pop-art shrines for an art generation whose 15 minutes seem to have passed all too fast.

All about "the artist formerly known as Nancyboy" can be found out at an extensive and dedicated fan site, where Stuart's followers pour out their young hearts; leaving fan mail, exchanging art tips and stories about their stylish idol.

By the way, Stuart Semples's new exclusive T-shirt -portraying one of his inspirations, Basqiuat- can be had -but not cheaply- from just another rich kid.

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