163:, in 1984. His first exhibition of drawings in the same year, at the Stephen Bartley Gallery, was originally only meant as a backdrop to the book's launch. Stephen Bartley describes the way the exhibition developed: "the exhibition was conceived at short notice in collaboration with Andrew Heard, most of the drawings (other than those used in the books) were done in the two weeks before the show. I suggested that David and Andrew hire a few frames so that the drawings could be hung as a backdrop to the party. I was amazed when they produced some 40 pieces and mounted a professional show. Everything was priced at £75, no catalogue was produced because we were concentrating on the book. One sale to
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infuriating, artistic, foul-mouthed, witty, sexy, charming, handsome, thoughtful, unhappy, loving and friendly person we ever met. Over the nine years of our friendship David came closer to us than any other person. He will live forever in our hearts and minds. Starting with pockets filled with disorganised writings and sketches, he went on to produce highly original poetry, drawings and paintings. His truthfulness, sadness, desperation and love of people gave his work a brilliance and beauty that stands out a mile. Not a day passes without our thinking of David. His works live on for us all as a spiritual, cultural force and a great lesson in human love."
175:, where the first public reading of his poetry took place, performed by Stephen Chamberlain. Robilliard did not want to perform his own poetry live; instead, he recruited people to perform his poetry for him. This included artists such as Leo Burley, who relates his experience in "Memory of a Friend". Almost all of the 58 paintings he produced between 1987 and 1988 were portraits. They are portraits of anonymous people he observed, as well as acquaintances and fellow artists such as Heard, Gilbert & George and
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in an edition of 100 copies; the first 30 copies contained a live cassette recording of
Robilliard reading each poem. Birch & Conran also posthumously published poem cards for November and December 1988. His poem cards were also produced by Gilbert & George, Hercules Fisherman, Judy Adam and
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resulted. (...) The exhibition was taken down the day after as the frames had to be returned." On the invitation card for the exhibition, Gilbert & George described
Robilliard as "the new master of the modern person. Looking, thinking, feeling, seeing, bitching – he brilliantly encapsulates the
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Robilliard was diagnosed as HIV positive in 1988. He took to introducing himself as "David
Robilliaids" after that point. He died within the year. Gilbert & George wrote a commemorative text on Robilliard, "Our David", dated 7 July 1990: "David Robilliard was the sweetest, kindest, most
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Robilliard pursued his career in poetry during his early years in London. His work was supported by
Gilbert & George who also encouraged him to associate images to his written work. They published his first poetry volume,
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from 1983 onwards. The artist was also his partner. He frequented the London club and pub scene, a familiar presence in places such as Blitz, where Heard worked in the 1970s, Heaven and the
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by the art dealer Paul Conran. They distributed a poem card through the post each month in 1987. In
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