£500
Contemporary & Post-War Art | 595
Auction: 16 April 2020 at 12:00 BST
Screenprint, no. 77, signed, dated and numbered in red ink, unframed
Biography:
Bob and Roberta Smith’s real name is Patrick Brill. He assumed the pseudonym whilst living and working for a short time with his sister Roberta. Trained at Goldsmiths College he is an artist, writer, author, musician and art education advocate. Smith is well known for painting slogans in brightly coloured lettering on banners and discarded boards of wood. The slogans are generally of a humorous nature covering art, politics and culture. In addition to painting Smith is a well known speaker on Arts education, an artist member of the Tate board and a musician with a group he founded The Ken Ardley Playboys. He has exhibited widely both here and abroad and his work is to be found in collections such as Tate, Arts Council and Southampton City Museum and Art Gallery.