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Matthew Darbyshire lives in a bubble of deep turquoises, fuchsia pinks and acid yellows.
He sees these colours everywhere and, as he points out, so do you. Darbyshire is interested in the non-specificity of today's design language: the fact that bright CMYK dots are the logo for an estate agent and a cinema, as well as a NHS walk-in centre; that Arne Jacobsen egg chairs can be found in London's Zetter boutique hotel as well as in recently rebranded McDonald's restaurants. Darbyshire was selected to be part of the Vauxhall Collective for 2008-09, an initiative by Vauxhall Motors to support upcoming creatives. A panel of experts from institutions including Hayward Gallery, ICA, Bonham's, Space Studios and Arts & Business unanimously agreed that his was the most intriguing proposal: to explore and construct a contemporary take on the faded fun houses that populated the funfairs and coastal amusement arcades of 1980s Britain. His award is a £20,000 commission to realise his version of this British cultural phenomenon. Matthew Darbyshire's installation Funhouse will be at The Hayward Gallery Project Space until 12 July. His Untitled - Furniture Island No 2 (a) will also be showing at Outpost as part of Contemporary Art Norwich. Born in Cambridge in 1977, Darbyshire...
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