![]() ![]() ![]() In Bilbo’s words he was ‘an Artist, Author, Sculptor, Art Dealer, Philosopher, Psychologist, Traveller, and a Modernist Fighter for Humanity’. As an artist whose work spanned four tumultuous decades in Western Europe during the mid-20th century, Bilbo is fascinating because he allows himself to be vulnerable and reveal his most intimate sexual and violent fantasies, while acting as a harsh social critic. ![]() This story is one of many weird and wonderful moments that define Bilbo as a legendary bohemian figure. The eccentric artist Jack Bilbo once claimed to have worked as the gangster Al Capone’s bodyguard. An exhibition of the eccentric, bohemian artist Jack Bilbo, Al Capone's one time body guard, arrives at the New York Gallery David Zwirner's London address this September ![]()
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