Karl Lydon

Karl Lydon is the reluctant artist in constant denial while at the same time never quite able to say never again. Championed by Peter Lewis and now ourselves he just can’t stop having ideas. Karl Lydon has no formal art education, yet he has spent a whole lifetime looking at art, having worked at many of London’s major galleries installing exhibitions. Driven by a fascination with art from an early age Lydon,nevertheless did not feel compelled to go to art college. This seems to have been a good decision on his behalf, as far from being naive, his work is highly original and lacks the heavily mannered efforts infecting many of today's graduates’ work. As an autodidact Lydon is far closer to genius than any of his institutionally taught contemporaries are ever likely to be, which brings us back to skate boarding. What has happened to Karl Lydon’s first love? To be honest it never went away, its just amalgamated into his working practice, which he is mastering with the same gritted determination as riding a half pipe, while making it all look so effortless. and as for taking art seriously, yeh right as if.