Bob and Roberta Smith

Patrick Brill – working under the pseudonym Bob and Roberta Smith – places the production of hand-made signs, with playful slogans on them, at the heart of his practice. The work is full of (self-deprecating) humour, but also sets itself out in a series of political causes. Whatever the particualr message of the signs, their "DIY" ethos militates for an egalitarian ethos of amateur creativity, social engagement, and self-empowerment.

Bob and Roberta Smith, Make Art not War 1997.