Billy Childish
Billy Childish is an English artist, author, poet, photographer, film maker, singer and guitarist, who today performs with a band called Musicians of the British Empire. He is known for his explicit and prolific work: he has detailed his love life and childhood sexual abuse, notably in his early poetry and the novel My Fault.
He has published more than 40 collections of poetry, written three novels, recorded more than 100 full-length independent LPs of Punk, Rock and Roll, and Medway-Delta Blues and produced more than 2,500 paintings. He is a consistent advocate for amateurism and free emotional expression and was a co-founder of the Stuckism art group in 1999, which he left in 2001.
A cult figure in America, Europe and Japan, Billy Childish is one of the most prolific and eccentric artists of his generation.
He has published more than 40 collections of poetry, written three novels, recorded more than 100 full-length independent LPs of Punk, Rock and Roll, and Medway-Delta Blues and produced more than 2,500 paintings. He is a consistent advocate for amateurism and free emotional expression and was a co-founder of the Stuckism art group in 1999, which he left in 2001.
A cult figure in America, Europe and Japan, Billy Childish is one of the most prolific and eccentric artists of his generation.
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