What is art and how does it relate to society? Is its value determined by its popularity or originality? Is the goal profit or expressing ones personal vision? These are some of the questions raised as we follow fiercely independent New York artist Robert Cenedella in his artistic journey through decades of struggling for creative expression. A student, protégé and friend of German artist George Grosz, Cenedella is now passing on the legacy of Groszs approach to art, in the very same room where Grosz taught. In portraying Cenedellas determination to buck the system of whats popular while critiquing that popularity in his attempt to turn the art world upside down, ART BASTARD is a funny, touching, and insightful look inside the maverick mind of a true original.