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Billy Childish (born Steven John Hamper, 1 December 1959) is an English painter, author, poet, photographer, film maker, singer and guitarist. Since the late 1970s, Childish has been prolific in creating music, writing and visual art.
Billy Childish is a British artist, writer, and musician. View Billy Childish’s 172 artworks on artnet. Find an in-depth biography, exhibitions, original artworks for sale, the latest news, and sold auction prices.
Billy Childish (born Steven John Hamper, 1 December 1959) is an English painter, author, poet, photographer, film maker, singer and guitarist. Since the late 1970s, Childish has been prolific in creating music, writing and visual art.
Billy Childish’s emotional, introspective portraits and landscapes take inspiration from the artist’s own struggles and his interest in the mysteries of nature. Childish—whose creative output has also spanned music, poetry, and novels—seems to …
Oct 5, 2020 · Billy Childish is striding around his studio, brandishing a stick of charcoal and talking about his reputation. He keeps turning towards a huge blank canvas, feathering a few lines,...
Sep 25, 2015 · In his show of new work at Lehmann Maupin , the British art-provocateur Billy Childish seems to be looking back to a bygone era; his paintings of birch trees, naked women, flowers in vases, and his own visage immediately evoke the swirling compositions of v an Gogh , a comparison that pleases Childish. Indeed, the career of this self-declared ...
Billy Childish (b. 1959, Chatham, Kent, United Kingdom; lives and works in Whitstable, Kent) is known for his introspective, autobiographical, and deeply emotional paintings, writing, and music. After leaving secondary school at age 16, Childish worked at the Naval Dockyard in Chatham as an apprentice stonemason.
