Bob and Roberta Smith by 490120 Faythe Lockwood - Student https://padlet.com/490120/Faythe Made with a quick smile en-us 2017-02-09 11:10:29 UTC 2025-11-29 19:44:43 UTC hello@padlet.com Bob and Roberta Smith 490120 https://padlet.com/490120/Faythe/wish/165090499
Patrick Brill OBE RA (born 1963), better known by his pseudonym Bob and Roberta Smith, is a British contemporary artist, writer, author, musician, art education advocate and keynote speaker. He is known for his "slogan" art, is an associate professor at Sir John Cass Department of Art at London Metropolitan University and has been curator of public art projects, like Art U Need. He was curator for the 2006 Peace Camp and created the 2013 Art Party to promote contemporary art and advocacy. His works have been exhibited and are in collections in Europe and the United States. Brill co-founded The Ken Ardley Playboys and hosts the Make Your Own Damn Music radio show.


His father is the landscape painter Frederick Brill who was head of the Chelsea School of Art from 1965 to 1979. His wife is the contemporary artist and lecturer,

]]> 2017-04-06 10:13:11 UTC https://padlet.com/490120/Faythe/wish/165090499 Clean up your own damn street 490120 https://padlet.com/490120/Faythe/wish/165094404 I had picked this picture up because I thought it was funny how sassy their message was as they had stuck it to a tree bark. I also like the mix between large, colourful, chunky text font with an opposite kind. ]]> 2017-04-06 10:33:58 UTC https://padlet.com/490120/Faythe/wish/165094404 My attempt of working in Bob and Roberta Smith's style 490120 https://padlet.com/490120/Faythe/wish/165094890 The choice of colour for the large chunky letters reminded me of LGBT so I had attempted to draw a couple of male manga characters kissing and have a rainbow ring around them to symbolise the legalisation of gay marriage but it had gotten a bit wonky. 

I had also attempted to give out that sassy attitude that they used as seen in the example image. The best I was able to think of at the time was 'some guys are gay. Get over it.' ]]> 2017-04-06 10:36:38 UTC https://padlet.com/490120/Faythe/wish/165094890