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Sebastian Horsley, dandy, frequenter of brothels, writer and artist talks to John Robb about his life, his love of Marc Bolan and the clubbing habits of Osama Bin Laden...
Sebastian Horsley is a writer and artist best known for having undergone a voluntary crucifixion in The Philippines in the year 2000 in order to prepare for a series of paintings on the topic. Refusing painkillers, he was nailed to a cross and passed out. The footrest broke and he fell off the cross. A film and photos of the event, as well as his subsequent paintings of crosses, were exhibited in London in 2002 and is Turner Prize nominated for the same body of work.
Horsley's in-your-face writings often revolve around his dysfunctional family, his drug addictions, sex, and his reliance on prostitutes. In an editorial article in The Observer in 2004, he described his preference for sex with prostitutes, writing "What I hate with women generally is the intimacy, the invasion of my innermost space, the slow strangulation of my art."
Horsley ran a monthly column in the Erotic Review from 1998 to 2004 and in early 2006, Horsley together with Marion McBride began to run a weekly sex advice column in The Observer. Four months later, after graphic discussions of oral and anal sex were published on Easter Sunday and attracted numerous complaints from readers, the column was discontinued.
In 2008 Sebastian published his autobiography Dandy in the Underworld named after the T-Rex album, he’s a huge fan. The book has been optioned by Stephen Fry’s production company, Sprout Films.
Sebastian joins Tin Can with his weekly column Sex with Sebastian Horsley where he continues to impart his advice on relationships and all things sexual. There is nobody better qualified. Email him at Sebastian@tincan.tv
I’m a controversial figure, people either dislike me or hate me.” Sebastian Horsley
"A postering popinjay, a neon narcissist, an incorrigible entertainer." Jessica Berens
"Sebastian is simultaneously enthralling, charming and fantastically annoying." Will Self
"Horsley is a pervert who stands for everything that is wrong with British society today." Jeremy Vine
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