James Charnley Anything But Dull

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Anything But Dull: the Life and Art of JeffNuttallreveals the life lived and the art createdby a visionary polymath whose generosity ofspirit defined his character. From childhoodtraumas to revolutionary acts, throughtriumphs, defeats and resurrections JeffNuttalls story is told here for the first timein all its richness and singularity. Based onover eighty interviews and meticulous archiveresearch Anything But Dull shows just whatmade Jeff Nuttall such pivotal, provocativeand important figure in twentieth century lifeand culture.Performer, poet, artist, writer, musician,teacher, film actor, bon vivant and hell raiser.Throughout his life Jeff Nuttall was alwaysgetting into scrapes, provoking outrage, drinking,fighting, falling in and out of love. Thoseintense experiences became the inspiration forhis art. Almost no form of creative expressionwas foreign to him and within these nothingwas forbidden except, of course, to be dull.