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Comedian turned artist Joe Lycett: 'If it's too earnest a painting, it's a failure'

by Stuart Heritage

The standup is building on his success at the Royal Academy summer exhibition with a book of his work, Art Hole. So has he gone all highbrow? The art reveals all … Despite being best known as a self-proclaimed "incredibly rightwing" comedian, Birmingham's Joe Lycett is also a prolific artist. Although some of his painting is already well regarded " Guardian critic Jonathan Jones singled out his portrait of Ga…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:36am on September 19, 2024