FRI 12th MAR: QUINTESSENTIALLY BRITISH ART

Had an enjoyable evening at an event held by Quintessentially for the Armory Show on the Hudon River. Conrad Shawcross, Saatchi sometime fave, gave a great interview and Guy here rubbed shoulders with the hoi paloi of the Brit art crowd whilst quaffing the generous quantities of champagne as laid on by Ben Elliot and his gang.

There was one guy at the bar who was making a bit of noise. I looked at him but I couldn't place him: thities, dark hair. "I lived their 6 years and I didn't have one friend," he told a couple of sycophants. Then I remembered: he was the the actor in BBC's mid-nineties hit Game On! The one who had a phobia about going outside and had no mates. Then the actor got replaced by another. The way he was going on, no wonder he hadn't had any mates or any work since that show. Art imitates life imitates art.