Co-founder with Charles Thomson of the Stuckist Art Group in January 1999 , Billy Childish’s activities have always been firmly rooted in the underground and his methods - now being trendily feted as ‘guerilla’ - have gained him both the respect and envy of those who pose as 'being on the margin' whilst still enjoying the benefits of a corporate budget.
Some of the artists of the Stuckists movement really appeal to me. I like the approach they have to art. Charles Williams, William Redgrave, Gina Bold and of coarse Sexton Ming's provocative work.
"DELIVERANCE"
24" x 36"
Acrylic on board
I like painting queers and animals and witches. They are outcasts. Please have kind thoughts when you look at my work. I can hear what you think. Let me rest. I don't like ARTY TYPES. Ralph Steadman called me a failed interlectual (sic)."'
And still more, on the eve of the opening of the first Stuckist exhibition, 15 September 1999:
"You want a fisting? I'll fist you, you cunt! And I won't use any lubricant! Your arse will look like shredded wheat when I've finished with you!
"Do you like my paintings? Well, fuck you, you cunt. Go stick some pipe up your arse!
"I don't like you and you don't like me so let's fuck. I don't like anyone really. So I guess I'm fucked over. I'm an angry young man who's getting old.
"I like to shit. And I like painting it. So fuck you up your arse you cunt. Donšt talk to me else I'll smash your face in. You can go hang by your bollocks.
Sexton Ming