Billy Childish is a romantic. His work reflects the love a painter has for paint and his brushes. This artist has become a cult figure who will life on in the minds of arts lover a lot longer that Hirst and Emin.
I like Childish's paintings, infact I believe that as a painter his subject matter and various styles offer more passion than many conceptual artworks. As well as the 'anti' vision he distils with his work and views it is apparent to me that Childish has far more to offer to the world than just his art.
Childish was also involved with the Art Hate Week, a cultural confusing campaign that called for a collective 'call for direct action against the mass acceptance of art as a false economy for the smug manipulative elite'.
http://www.billychildish.com/home.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/video/2009/sep/02/billy-childish-artist-punk-poet
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