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Jesse Richards

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“I believe that the most effective way to really make subjective and authentic work involves an "addressing of the shadow" (as Billy Childish and Charles Thomson have described it). Now what does this mean exactly? It might mean that you are really obsessed with pubic hair, or maybe you are really embarrassed by a physical or mental disability that you try to hide, or like Billy Childish, you were abused as a child. These things, these "shadows" that we are hiding within ourselves, need to be brought forth into the light of day - in our films, in our work, in our poetry.”

 

Biography

Studied film production at the School of Visual Arts in NY (1994-1996) until he had a nervous breakdown and, quit, choosing next to move in with a psychotic Yale girl.

Continued making short punk/juvenile delinquent films after that from 1996-1998, most of which were destroyed in a plumbing mishap, and in response, went on a roadtrip to Memphis.

In 1997 began working with Matthew Martin VI, who he next directed in Hamlet and Look Back in Anger for the Martin-helmed New Haven Theatre Company. In 1999 Richards was arrested for reckless burning, destruction of property and disorderly conduct, charges were dropped, and he began painting.

In the summer of 2001 Richards began his affiliation with the London-based art movement Stuckism, and first showed his work with them, and in 2002 opened the Stuckism International Center-USA, and helped co-organize art shows, including the anti-war show, The War On Bush.

2003 and 2004 end up being creatively busy years for him… read more

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