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John Smith

“Nearly all of my work I tend to set up expectations which are not fulfilled, leading people down the garden path a bit. It’s very deliberate and I like that playfulness, not being sure where something is going, but also not being sure quite what it is you are actually looking at. I try and make work that isn’t immediately classifiable within a particular genre.”

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    Being John Smith

    BEING JOHN SMITH

    JOHN SMITH United Kingdom, 2024

    What’s in a name? Multitudes, according to this refractive portrait of the artist as an old man from avant-garde legend John Smith. Narrated with signature wit, this mischievous study of self-identity hints at the deeper mysteries beneath unassuming names and plain surfaces.

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