This book follows the first exhibition of Robilliard’s notebooks, ‘Disorganised Writings and Sketches’ at Rob Tufnell in Cologne in April 2019. It was made with support from the Elephant Trust and the book’s designers, A Practice for Everyday Life and with assistance from James Birch, one of Robilliard's former gallerists, and Chris Hall, custodian of the estate of Andrew Heard. The book is dedicated to Andrew Heard. British poet and artist David Robilliard was one of the first artists to colonise London’s Shoreditch in the late 1970s, where he established his practice and worked as an assistant for Gilbert&George. Since his premature death from an AIDS-related illness in 1988, his work has been embraced by critics and collectors and recognised through retrospective exhibitions in London and Amsterdam. This book, published by Rob Tufnell with support from A Practice for Everyday Life, presents collected facsimile reproductions from Robilliard’s numerous notebooks. These notebook pages encompass drafts of his poems, irregular diary entries, contacts, ideas, reflections, a handful of drawings and plenty of irreverent content.
