'Fucking Amateurs' Print by Joe Lycett x Adam Buxton

Artist: Joe Lycett (in collaboration with Adam Buxton)
Full Colour Archival Giclee print on 300gsm cotton rag
A3

Fucking Amateurs reflects the playful conversation between Adam Buxton and Joe Lycett, a conversation that bounced joyfully across music, comedy, spirituality, connection, and the essential role of humour in being human. Joe settled on an image of a Casio VL Tone, a humble electronic keyboard used in a song that meant a lot to Adam as a child. In this choice, the artwork celebrates nostalgia, creativity, and the beautifully unpolished spirit that brought the pair together.

Joe Lycett is a comedian, painter, filmmaker, sculptor, television presenter, poet, gardener, dietician, radio presenter, tuning fork, Fiat Punto manual and queer. His television work has won him two BAFTAs, two Royal Television Society Awards plus Rose D’or and Grierson nominations. His work as an artist has been featured in the Royal Academy, National Portrait Gallery London, Manchester Art Gallery, IKON, Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, Birmingham Midlands Arts Centre, Bristol Arnolfini and Wolverhampton Art Gallery and his work as a Fiat Punto manual is unrivalled. Joe has been performing stand-up comedy since 2007, embarking on three sell-out UK tours, numerous international appearances and a lot of rough clubs where people shouted stuff like ‘wanker’ and ‘poof’ at him. For three weeks he was considered by many to be Prime Minister Liz Truss’s personal portrait painter, although these claims are unsubstantiated.