Doesn't everybody have a rogue uncle? Every family a black sheep. A member of the pack who won't toe the line; who, despite everyone's best efforts, cannot - or will not - get their act together. I have real humdinger . . .
Joe Tucker's uncle Eric lived an ostensibly unremarkable life. Born and raised in Warrington, he never moved out of the family's council house and his bubble of existence stretched from this modest home to the local pub and the bookies on the high street. An 'unskilled labourer' he achieved, by most standards, precisely nothing in life. But he was loving and funny and played a formative role in the young Joe's childhood. And, it transpired, behind closed doors and unbeknownst even to those closest to him, Eric was a prolific and hugely talented artist who has, since his death, gone on to receive international acclaim and has been recognised as making a 'significant contribution to modern British art'. Upon his death in 2018, he left behind nearly 600 paintings and thousands of drawings stacked in every room and cupboard in the house.
Eric's paintings chronicled the lives of his working-class community over decades, and this book asks big questions such as: who is art for? Who gets to make art?
- ISBN10 1805300679
- ISBN13 9781805300670
- Publish Date 1 August 2024
- Publish Status Cancelled
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Canongate Books
- Edition Main
- Format eBook (EPUB)
- Pages 164
- Language English