Ashley Bickerton obituary
Neo-geo artist who satirised the get-rich-quick 80s and later how people treat the natural world
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Neo-geo artist who satirised the get-rich-quick 80s and later how people treat the natural world
Last words (and works) of the artist diagnosed with ALS in 2021. A devoted surfer, he chose to live remotely in Bali, away from the buzz. It found him anyway.
I just wanna get radical! —Matt Archbold, professional surfer, 1987I want my future work to operate in the interchange between Robert Smithson’s unfinished project and Michael Jackson’s face. —Ashley Bickerton, 1988IN FRANCE THEY CALL them enfants terribles. In Italy you might hear duri. Here in America, we call them bad boys. We find them in our movies, we find them in our literature. Rock music, since its inspired invention back in the ’50s, has perhaps been the most comfortable home for our bad boys. Its thesis is one of giving it all—chills, thrills, passion, and pathos—and b...
Artist Ashley Bickerton, known for his subversive, conceptual takes on consumerism, has died aged 63
The Neo-Geo Artist Ashley Bickerton (May 26, 1959 – November 30, 2022) has died in Bali after a protracted illness.