As an artist, Richard Smith (1931-2016) defies easy categorisation. Known as one of the fathers of Pop art, in his Tate retrospective in 1975 he was described by critic Barbara Rose as 'at once in and out of touch with the currents of the mainstream’. With essays from David Alan Mellor, Chris Stephens, Alex Massouras, and Martin Harrison (series editor), this new study is intended to reignite discourse around this diverse artist, whose impressive oeuvre is fertile territory for a new reassessment.