Details For over four decades, David Hoyle has queered the boundaries between live art, performance, theatre and cabaret - conquering nightlife around the world and working extensively in film and TV. The original performance avalanche, his infamous alter-ego The Divine David transported him from radical alternative settings in the '80s to Channel 4 in the '90s, with a recent online collab with Parisian fashion house Mugler once again catapulting him into the headlines.
A passionate art lover and prolific visual artist, David has exhibited his paintings at Goswell Road gallery in Paris. In 2024 the Aviva Studios in Manchester held a retrospective of his career to date, Please Feel Free to Ignore My Work , focusing on key themes that run through his work: gender, mental health, AIDS, revolution, decadence and the effects of capitalism. Who better, then, to take us on a tour of our Outburst exhibition at the MAC?