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John Smith: Playing with the power of language

John Smith is a British artist and experimental filmmaker

John Smith is a British artist and filmmaker. Inspired by conceptual art and structural film, since 1972 Smith has made over forty film, video and installation works, that have been shown internationally in galleries, cinemas and on television.

Often rooted in everyday life, Smithplayfully explores the language of cinema by subverting the boundaries between documentary and fiction, representation and abstraction.​

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