In 2011, artist Patrick Brill (known creatively as Bob and Roberta Smith) made waves in the art world with Letter to Michael Gove, an oversized painted-word response to the former Education Secretary's proposed eradication of art from the British school syllabus. In his feature film Art Party, Smith builds on his 2011 protest with a mix of performance, interviews and imagined scenes, en route to the 2013 Art Party Conference, where he and other speakers championed the importa... (Full plot summary below)
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In 2011, artist Patrick Brill (known creatively as Bob and Roberta Smith) made waves in the art world with Letter to Michael Gove, an oversized painted-word response to the former Education Secretary's proposed eradication of art from the British school syllabus. In his feature film Art Party, Smith builds on his 2011 protest with a mix of performance, interviews and imagined scenes, en route to the 2013 Art Party Conference, where he and other speakers championed the importance of art and its place in the education system. Part documentary, part road movie and part political fantasy, Art Party ultimately asks "how do you tell one man he's got it wrong?" This unique and provocative film stars John Voce as Michael Grove MP and Julia Rayner as his parliamentary aid, featuring work and comment by artists as diverse as Cornelia Parker, John Smith, Haroon Mirza, Jeremy Deller and Jessica Voorsanger. With original music by Flameproof Moth, the Ken Ardley Playboys and The Fucks.
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| Total FilmKevin HarleyPerformance, satirical fantasy and a better class of banner mix under one message - that Gove's policies oppress kids' needs for self-exploration. |
| The SkinnyIan Waldron-MantganiThe signs read 'Come to the Art Party' but only the party aspect of art is on show, and the students being lobbied for don't seem to have been invited. |
| Little White LiesSophie Monks KaufmanSweet and nutty and full of the courage of its artistic convictions. |
| GuardianLeslie FelperinA well-meaning but raggedy mishmash of agitprop, documentary and fantasy ... |
| Times (UK)Kate MuirSelf-indulgent, amateurish and often out of tune -- enough to put you off art itself. |
| Empire MagazineDavid ParkinsonClunking and ill-executed, this a piece of art that wouldn't even make Tony Hart's gallery. |
