Billy Childish At White Columns New York
From now until April 17th, White Columns in New York will be presentinga solo exhibition of recent paintings by the British artist, musician and writer Billy Childish. Here’s some more info from the press release: At White Columns Childish presents a discrete group of recent oil paintings. Drawn from ongoing series and unashamedly acknowledging their artistic lineage – e.g. Munch, van Gogh, and early 20th Century German expressionism – Childish’s paintings include self portraits in the landscape; images of the Swiss modernist writer Robert Walser (a significant influence on Childish’s own approach to writing); scenes of the River Medway in Kent, England; and a group of recent still-life paintings of flowers depicted in vases made by the artist’s mother. Childish’s paintings display an economy and directness that is analogous to the fundamental nature of his poetry and stripped-down, blues-inspired music. Childish seeks to explore – in all his work – those aspects of his own life that are both essential and universal. Eschewing contemporary mannerisms and modes of production, even down to his dandyish attire, Childish instead privileges seemingly anachronistic aesthetic and literary styles, to create works – in painting, music and literature – that are somehow, and paradoxically, timeless.
Dandyish? I’m there!
Via: Curated Magazine
