Outset supported Matthew Darbyshire’s first solo show in a public UK institution. For 'Blades House' at Gasworks, the artist took as a departure the domestic interior of a fictitious, urban middle-class professional in his mid-thirties. The character and his choice of furniture, textiles, art and other paraphernalia were used as a vehicle to address issues of taste, style, aspiration, class distinction and demographic blurring.
As well as containing furniture and accessories from interior decoration stores ranging from George at Asda to Fritz Hansen, Darbyshire included his own components as well as those of other artists and designers, thus producing a composition that goes beyond representation, by allowing for gaps, antagonisms and doubts to slip in.
Matthew Darbyshire graduated in 2005 from the Royal Academy Schools, London after completing his BA (Hons) at the Slade School, London. Recent exhibitions include 2007: Colour and Style, Ibid Projects, Remap (KM), Athens, Greece; Parade Gallery, London; Recreate, Pumphouse Gallery, London; 2006: Minotaur Blood, Fortescue Ave, London; Published and Be Damned, Canal, London.
ON VIEW: 2nd February – 23rd March 2008
