Bring Back Edinburgh’s Trams

Location

Country: UK
City: London
Place: Downing Street

Bob and Roberta Smith (Patrick Brill) was born in London in 1964. He studied at the University of Reading – during which time he received a scholarship to the British School in Rome – and at Goldsmiths College, London. He has exhibited and participated in numerous group exhibitions in London, Basel and New York. In 2013, seeing art as an important element in democratic life, Bob and Roberta Smith launched the Art Party with Crescent Arts in Scarborough, to promote art education and the arts. Earlier he established the Leytonstone Centre for Contemporary Art in East London to exhibit the work of other artists who share his collaborative approach to making art. Brill served as a Trustee of the Tate between 2009 and 2013 and is currently a trustee of Art UK, and a patron of the Big Draw and NSEAD. In 2009, he was shortlisted for the Fourth Plinth Project in Trafalgar Square. In 2017, Brill was appointed OBE. He is an Associate Professor of Fine Art at London Metropolitan University.

Places

Scotland, Edinburgh

Subjects

text-based work

Materials & Techniques

screenprint

Artist

Bob and Roberta Smith (1963 - )

Title

Bring Back Edinburgh’s Trams

Series Title

Billboard for Edinburgh

Edition

23/50

Date

2009

Medium

Screenprint

Dimensions

height: 38.20 cm, width: 45.80 cm

Acquisition

Purchased from Ingleby Gallery, Edinburgh, April 2009

Inscription

below image: 23/50 / Bob & Roberta Smith 2009

Provenance

Ingleby Gallery, Edinburgh

GAC number

18260/3