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比利·查爾迪斯

Yi Space

Hangzhou

9月27日–2025年12月28日

Detail of painting by Billy Childish

Hangzhou

This fall, British artist Billy Childish presents a solo exhibition of new paintings at Yi Space in Hangzhou, China.

Based in Chatham, Kent, United Kingdom, Childish is known for his introspective, autobiographical, and deeply emotional paintings, writing, and music. Since the 1980s, he has gained something of a cult status worldwide, writing and publishing several novels and more than 40 volumes of confessional poetry, recording more than 170 LPs, and painting several hundred works.

In Childish’s paintings, his subjects are often drawn from his environment or are people he knows or admires: birch forests, self-portraits, or a lone figure in a pastoral English landscape.

For his exhibition at Yi Space, Childish drew inspiration from his recent travels with his family to the American west, particularly California and Arizona.

Installation view of the becoming unbecoming at Yi Space
Installation Views: 1/5
Painting by Billy Childish

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geese in flight, 2025

Painting by Billy Childish

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stood on rock joshua tree, 2025

Painting by Billy Childish

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mono lake, 2025

Installation view of the becoming unbecoming at Yi Space
Installation Views: 1/4

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california lilac, 2025

Painting by Billy Childish

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ponderosa, grand canyon, 2025

Painting by Billy Childish

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joshua tree evening, 2025

Painting by Billy Childish

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joshua tree and rocks, 2025

Painting by Billy Childish

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birch with blue bells, 2025

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in the wood, 2025

Portrait of Billy Childish

比利·查爾迪斯(1959年生於英國肯特查塔姆)十六歲離開中學後,開始在查塔姆海軍船廠當石匠學徒。查爾迪起初未能得到當地藝術學院的面試機會。後來,他創作過百幅繪畫作品考進聖馬丁藝術學院,可是蔑視權威的態度使他在1981年被開除學籍。查爾迪斯隨後展開其藝術生涯,探索戰爭、歷史和社會抗爭等普世主題。在過去的三十五年間,查爾迪斯在國際的知名度不斷提升。他出版了超過四十冊詩歌和五本小說,又灌錄了過百張唱片專輯及創作了過百幅油畫。 查爾迪斯現於英國肯特定居及從事藝術創作。

查爾迪斯曾先後於1977年和1978年在英國肯特Medway College of Design及倫敦中央聖馬汀藝術設計學院讀書。他曾在多個畫廊及美術館舉行個人展覽,包括英國肯特羅切斯特美術館(2016年)、德國法蘭克福呂塞爾斯海姆特色博物館(2016年)、美國紐約White Columns(2010年)及英國倫敦當代藝術學院(2010年)。他亦曾參與多個群體展覽,包括倫敦Pushkin House的「BILLY CHILDISH, HARRY ADAMS and EDGEWORTH JOHNSTONE: Our Friend Larionov」(2014年)、德國亞琛的「Paintings Sweet Paintings」(2014年)及愛丁堡城市藝術中心的「British Art Show 5」(2000年)。