BUMS Group exhibition curated by SKIP Gallery Participating artists: Aggtelek, Sports Banger, Markus Birdman, Jeremy Deller X Flying Leaps, Maja Djordjevic, Paul Kindersley, Dion Kitson, MC Llamas, Sarah Maple, Elizabeth Prentis, Ally Rosenberg, Sol Golden Sato, Stuart Semple, David Shrigley, Max Siedentopf, Xu Yang Mykonos July 3, 2021 — Throughout art history, as a representation of strength or voyeuristic eroticism; from Michelangelo's frescoes, Velasquez’s 'Rokeby Venus’ to Vallotton’s notorious ‘Study of Buttocks’, bums have been a universal and accepted subject, but rarely have art shows dedicated themselves to the subject alone. There is nothing so fundamental anddeeprooted in our psyche as a bum: evo- lution has dictated that we cannot escape its profound attraction. When the found- ers of SKIP Gallery Lee Baker and Cathe- rine Borowski met, Lee declared himself abum man. This fummoxed Borowski because she’s a boob woman and hadn’t ever even looked at her own bum. This led to some deep introspective thinking, observation (and coming to terms). Borowski made a sculpture addressing this new reality called Tits as Ass, date and set about trying to see the world of bums through Baker ’s eyes. This led onto a drunken purchase of a glorious Celia Hempton painting of a reclining man’s bum and Baker’s suggestion to curate an exhibition around the painting and the theme of the bottom. Baker & Borowski founded SKIP gallery on the principle of non-elitism and universal accessibility, while also collaborating with mischievous and witty artists. ‘Bums’ exhibition is an extension of that philosophy in both subject matter and artists.