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Work Type:	video
Date of work:	1993
Materials:	medium: VHS video, monitor & beanbags
Measurements:	duration: 30 min
Style Period:	contemporary art
Subject:	self-portrait, artist
Technique:	video

Description:	'Bob Smith recounts 30 tales of woe, exploitation and humiliation as an artist. First pitiful, then irritating, then hilarious, Bob Smith's role as the long-suffering, undermined and exploited artist, casts him as the Alf Garnett equivalent of the art world.' [MORE] [LESS] 'Bob Smith recounts 30 tales of woe, exploitation and humiliation as an artist. First pitiful, then irritating, then hilarious, Bob Smith's role as the long-suffering, undermined and exploited artist, casts him as the Alf Garnett equivalent of the art world.'

Source:	Swenson, I., “BT New Contemporaries”, exhibition guide, 1994

Date of source:	1994