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Art U Need: My Part in the Public Art Revolution

By (author) Bob Smith, Roberta Smith
Format: Paperback / softback
Publisher: Black Dog Press, United Kingdom
Imprint: Black Dog Publishing Ltd
Published: 1st Nov 2007
Dimensions: w 179mm h 241mm d 12mm
Weight: 623g
ISBN-10: 190615516X
ISBN-13: 9781906155162
Barcode No: 9781906155162
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Artist Bob and Roberta Smith was recently appointed by Commissions East to oversee a project in which five artists were commissioned to create site-specific projects to transform open spaces in South Essex. With sensitivity, candour and a great deal of humour, Bob Smith, and his alter ego, Roberta, ponder the nature and place of public art in today's world. "Art U Need" is a refreshing addition to the art debate, providing a unique insight into the workings of the artist's mind. Through his remarkably honest approach, Bob and Roberta Smith manages to encapsulate the larger issues surrounding the roles of funding bodies, self-expression and, of course, the public, in public art today.

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Bob and Roberta's piece, a giant eco-friendly sign which reads 'Faites L'Art, pas La Guerre (Make Art, Not War)' written in lights which are powered by the sun and wind, has received the thumbs up from Adrian Searle, The Guardian visual arts critic, Tom Lubbock, The Independent art critic and a favourable mention in The Times by Dalya Alberge. 'Bob and Roberta Smith's wonderfully daft tower imagines just such an alternative history. With its solar panels, a wind generator, and the glitzy illuminated lettering enjoining us to 'Faites l'art, pas la guerre', it has a brazen vitality reminiscent of 1960s French nouveau realisme. The sculpture has a low carbon footprint and promotes civic virtues, creativity, and language skills. The slogan itself could be a distant echo of May '68. It is stupid, but oddly, uplifting. Man the barricades!' Adrian Searle, The Guardian 'Only one of these designs seems worth realizing - that of Bob and Roberta Smith, aka the artist Patrick Brill' Tom Lubbock, The Independent