Born in Godalming in 1977,
little is known of Haberdashery’s early years or schooling. He always claimed
to be a self-taught artist and first came to public attention in his twenties,
when the national media took an interest in his eccentric lifestyle, largely as
a result of his run-ins with the police and law courts over his adoption of
Drusillas Park as his residence and full-time studio.
Although Haberdashery’s
artistic career had all the hallmarks of a resounding failure in his lifetime,
he was fondly regarded by many visitors to Drusillas. Now, his sudden death is
likely to stimulate a revival of interest in his work from the art world. There
are believed to exist in the region of 13, 000 mixed-media images of Cilla
Black—the object of Haberdashery’s bizarre lifelong obsession—scattered across
Drusillas Park.A spokesperson for the Saatchi and Yeti Gallery, in Soho, said: ‘If Cilla Black could accrue considerable personal wealth on the strength of her talents, it is not implausible to imagine that a series of works by a (soon to be) well-publicised, dead, destitute/eccentric, fetching a respectable sum in the wake of an aggressive marketing campaign.’
Haberdashery Mullet—artist and Cilla Black fan.
Born 24th of Dec. 1977—Died 16th
of Dec. 2016.
Anji Noracull.
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