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§ Bob and Roberta Smith OBE, RA (1963-) (Patrick Brill) Letter to Michael Govesigned and dated 'Bob and Roberta Smith 2015.' (lower right)screenprint42 x 40cmThe present lot is based on Patrick Brill’s earlier painting of the same title and was made to assist in the fundraising of Brill’s political campaign when he stood as an independent candidate against Michael Gove in Surrey Heath.Initially conceived in 2011, Brill’s stream-of-consciousness letter condemned Gove’s plans to introduce the English Baccalaureate (EBacc) to the school curriculum. In his letter lamenting the “destruction of Britain’s ability to draw, design and sing”, Brill argued that the EBacc stunts creativity and fails to recognise the importance of a broad and varied education.

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