NOT TRUE: To Ease My Troubled Mind The Authorised Unauthorised History of Billy Childish by Ted Kessler, My Response Painting

Billy Childish Quoted as Blowing Smoke

Oil on Canvas – 30 x 24 in – Painting 1

In the book “To Ease My Troubled Mind: The Authorised Unauthorised History of Billy Childish” by Ted Kessler, Billy’s quoted as saying the following in response to the question “When they paint together, is Johnstone like the rhythm section and Childish the frontman?”:

Billy: “No, I’m the guitarist, the singer, the drummer – rhythm is very important in painting. Edgeworth might play a bit of bass on it.”

This isn’t true, and far from the first time my artistic contribution to the collaborative art Billy and I make has been misrepresented to either understate or eradicate my artistic contribution and disproportionately credit work to Billy. For more info, watch the YouTube vid