Luminaries from all walks of life turned out last night for pop star Robbie Williams’s new show at the Moco Museum in London, Radical Honesty. Stars including the documentary maker Louis Theroux, artists Chris Levine and Daniel Lismore and the comedian Leigh Francis lapped up Williams’s new sculptures and paintings which develop “his visual language of sarcasm, self-deprecation, and playful irreverence”.
Indeed some of the works are dotted with the singer’s trademark, rather frank witticisms. “To be completely honest I’m not sure if we are friends or we’ve just been in the same room a lot in the last 15 years,” is daubed across one painting.
This is not Robbie’s first foray into the art world though. In 2022 he unveiled 14 large-scale works at Sotheby’s London, co-created with Ed Godrich ((Black and White Paintings, until 25 May) under the moniker Williams Godrich. He also collects works and reportedly owns pieces by Banksy, Peter Blake, Christopher Page and Morris Wade.
Whether the art world will be entertained by the former Take That member's latest efforts remains to be seen—but last night's guests certainly felt real love.
Daniel Lismore in front of a Robbie Williams work
courtesy: Moco Museum