Jonathan F*cking Jones - What Can I Say?
With lots to read after my holiday absence from the scene, I was so disappointed in the Guardian’s Jonathan Jones’ mean-spirited, tawdry little blog dated July 19.
After months of sitting on the fence/hiding his head in the sand (delete where applicable), Jones finally says what he ought to have said eons ago about the Ofili scandal at Tate Modern. So why does he have to refer to the Stuckists as “know-nothings”? Jonathan, they aren’t know-nothings they are the ones who campaigned to get this scandal out in the open - they are the know-lots! And, after reporting that the “Tate broke the law”, why did you down-play this as an “anomaly”? Yeah, burglars et al are committing anomalies all over the place too!
Jones states, “it is absurd that the Tate management has played into the hands (of the Stuckists)’ - err, no, no playing into hands here - more like caught with their hands in the cookie jar…
I have followed Jones’ work for a long time now and wonder if he was having the bad-hair day of all time as he goes on to attack Damien Hirst for losing “his special something since he quit drinking” …
One line that stood out for me was “But the fact is that an inward-looking arrogance has come to light, and anyone who has had dealings with Tate knows it reflects something real.” - the know-nothings, and in my own little way, I too, have been saying this for nine months or more.
Come on Jones - keep up at the back there!