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Concrete Hermit to show S. Mark Gubb
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'Mark Perry'. Courtesy: Ceri Hand Gallery. Copyright: S. Mark Gubb
AIR member S. Mark Gubb brings his bold, in your face and mischievous artwork to London’s Concrete Hermit gallery.
Following a successful show at Ceri Hand gallery, Liverpool in February, S. Mark Gubb's The Bewildered Herd - Text Works and Other Things opens at London's Concrete Hermit gallery on 5 August.
Gubb's work encompasses sculpture, installation, video and performance. This exhibition will explore Gubb's use of text within his work from 2004-2010.
Gubb draws on a teenage obsession with music, particularly heavy metal, to re-evaluate at once fascinating and banal aspects of contemporary culture. Low-brow political agents, such as hand-made signage and graffiti, become vehicles for a more optimistic ideal.
The occasionally offensive, spontaneous and naive nature of graffiti and signage are replaced by the 'greater-than-thou' lyrics of the likes of Led Zeppelin and Slayer. By mythologising these statements, and placing them on a pedestal, Gubb emphasises a teenage desire for greatness and immortality.
The work, in the form of posters, both hand painted and printed, invite us to reflect our desire and ability to impact upon and change the world we inhabit.
For more information on The Bewildered Herd – Text Works and Other Things click here »
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Gubb appears courtesy of Ceri Hand Gallery » Liverpool.
Jack Hutchinson
First published: a-n.co.uk July 2010
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