He's launched the Art Party, taken on Michael Gove at the general election and is a constant voice against cuts in the arts. Now our favourite socially minded artist, Bob and Roberta Smith (aka Patrick Brill) is launching a show dedicated to his various artistic campaigns at the William Morris Gallery in Walthamstow, where you’ll be able to see his placards, sculpture, banners and even his slogan-covered campaigning van: Art is Your Human Right: The Artistic Campaigns of Bob and Roberta Smith runs Fri Oct 16-Sun Jan 31 2016. We asked him to choose his favourite art in the capital that’s free to see at any time of the year. Check out our round up of free art in London for more inspiration.
'Forgive me for some self-promotion here, but two works I made for the “Shop Local” project with the amazing Peer Gallery [97-99 Hoxton Street, N1 6QL] in 2006 remain and can easily be seen: “Hoxton Electrovision” and “Dads Hair Salon”. I think the best public art is made by stealth. I painted these two signs to give local businesses a profile they would never have been able to afford.’
Hoxton St, N1 6QL.
'Richard Wilson is one of the greatest and most thoughtful artists working today in Britain. He’s famous for his room filled with oil at the Saatchi Gallery, but his “Slice” is a more meditative work. The work is literally a slice taken from a tanker and moored permanently by the Greenwich Dome. It makes me speculate about frailty and about human invention, how clever we are but also how the Thames always wins in the end.’
Greenwich Peninsula, SE10 0ES.
Leytonstone Underground station, Leytonstone High Rd, E11 1HE.
Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, E20 2ST.
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