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Take That get 'well-deserved kicking' in artwork
Published Wednesday, Jun 1 2011, 11:31 BST | By Mayer Nissim | 1 comment
Miniature sculptures of Take That being beaten by riot police have been included in a new artwork by ex-KLF star James Cauty.
A Riot In A Jam Jar, a free Small World Re-Enactments Exhibition, runs from June 1 to July 3 at the L-13 Light Industrial Workshop in Clerkenwell, London.
Cauty described the artworks, which also include Prince Charles about to be beheaded during the student riots and Greenpeace activists overcoming a police helicopter, as "a snapshot of a spectacular and mediated super-reality".
"Take That used dancers dressed as riot police at the Brit Awards," he explained. "In the small world re-enactment the police see this as a trivialisation of their work and give the band a well-deserved kicking."
He added that the exhibition "depicts acts of contained and sensationalised violence for the instant gratification of its audience".
The KLF retired at the 1992 Brit Awards, where they had shared the 'Best British Band' gong with Simply Red.
The group played '3am Eternal' with crust punk grindcore band Extreme Noise Terror at the ceremony and the performance ended with The KLF's Bill Drummond firing blanks from an automatic weapon.
The KLF later dumped a dead sheep with a tag reportedly reading "I died for ewe - bon appetit" at the entrance of one of the show's after-parties.
Watch Take That's 2011 Brit Awards performance below:
Watch The KLF's 1992 Brit Awards performance below:
A Riot In A Jam Jar, a free Small World Re-Enactments Exhibition, runs from June 1 to July 3 at the L-13 Light Industrial Workshop in Clerkenwell, London.
Cauty described the artworks, which also include Prince Charles about to be beheaded during the student riots and Greenpeace activists overcoming a police helicopter, as "a snapshot of a spectacular and mediated super-reality".
"Take That used dancers dressed as riot police at the Brit Awards," he explained. "In the small world re-enactment the police see this as a trivialisation of their work and give the band a well-deserved kicking."
He added that the exhibition "depicts acts of contained and sensationalised violence for the instant gratification of its audience".
© PA Images / James Cauty
The KLF retired at the 1992 Brit Awards, where they had shared the 'Best British Band' gong with Simply Red.
The group played '3am Eternal' with crust punk grindcore band Extreme Noise Terror at the ceremony and the performance ended with The KLF's Bill Drummond firing blanks from an automatic weapon.
The KLF later dumped a dead sheep with a tag reportedly reading "I died for ewe - bon appetit" at the entrance of one of the show's after-parties.
Watch Take That's 2011 Brit Awards performance below:
Watch The KLF's 1992 Brit Awards performance below:
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