Editing Joshua Compston (section)

==Factual Nonsense==
In 1993, he opened a gallery at 44a Charlotte Road, [[Shoreditch]], the first gallery to open in what was then a slightly run-down part of east London. European [[Dadaist]] manifestos, 20th century propaganda and the [[Arts and Crafts Movement]] were influences in his creation of the Factual Nonsense brand and concept of social philosophy. The name of the gallery and art movement was taken from the title of a painting 'Factual Nonsense' by David Taborn, whose work 'A Guide for the Perplexed' was also used by Compston as the title for the gallery inaugural exhibition.<ref>{{Cite web|title=DAVID TABORN {{!}} Dafydd Jones|url=https://www.dafjones.com/image/I0000bwAXRoyAqnk|access-date=2021-05-27|website=dafjones.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=FACTUAL NONSENSE / A GUIDE FOR THE PERPLEXED – Exhibition at CHART Gallery in London|url=https://www.artrabbit.com/events/factual-nonsense-a-guide-for-the-perplexed|access-date=2021-05-27|website=ArtRabbit|language=en}}</ref>

As well as working with many of the artists of the [[Young British Artists|YBA]] movement, including [[Gavin Turk]], [[Tracey Emin]], [[Sarah Lucas]], [[Angus Fairhurst]] and [[Damien Hirst]], Compston's main collaborator was the printer Thomas Shaw, with whom he created numerous Factual Nonsense posters, prints and other printed matter.

Compston organised events in Shoreditch as a part of his deliberate vision: to shape an artistic community and to create an urban regeneration, both of which became his legacy.<ref>{{cite news|title=A Fete Worse Than Death|date=19 June 2014|publisher=Made in Shoreditch|url=http://madeinshoreditch.co.uk/events/a-fete-worse-than-death/|location=London|access-date=4 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161014055716/http://madeinshoreditch.co.uk/events/a-fete-worse-than-death/|archive-date=14 October 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> The events included two summer fetes (''A Fete Worse Than Death''), and a picnic in [[Hoxton Square]] (''The Hanging Picnic'').<ref>{{cite news|title=Factual Nonsense: The Art And Death of Joshua Compston |date=14 August 2013|work=The Daily Telegraph|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/luxury/art/5455/factual-nonsense-the-art-and-death-of-joshua-compston.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131026145818/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/luxury/art/5455/factual-nonsense-the-art-and-death-of-joshua-compston.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=26 October 2013| location=London | first=Louisa | last=Buck}}</ref> Compston's lasting legacy to Shoreditch was celebrated by a revival of ''A Fete Worse Than Death'' in 2014. His archive is held by the [[Tate Gallery]].