we spent the day in London yesterday, mainly going to see Jennie's show at the Royal College of Arts. Her Orange prize monsters were being seen by a large crowd of trendy arty people. She pointed out all the sharp angular spectacles - these people had certainly been to specsavers! Its a great shame, and an indictment of her lecturers at northampton, that it takes outsiders to appreciate her work which is always fresh, interesting and playful. Personally, I think that because she is honest and never 'up herself' this is reflected in her graphics and tired old tutors perhaps get a bit obsessed with looking for terribly clever artists who often spend so much time packaging their message that they forget to actually 'say' anything. This week a group of art critics missed a Damien Hirst artwork in an auction because it wasn't labelled as such - it sold for £200. The buyer promptly put it back up for sale as 'a damien Hirst' whereupon the critics noticed and snapped it up for several thousands - what's in a name eh? I hope Jennie enjoyed herself, I was very proud of her and I hope it gives her the confidence to grow her career - she deserves to have a very bright future.