David Mabb
David Mabb: A Factory As It Might Be or The Hall of Flowers
James Patten & Colin Mooers
Incorporating William Morris' 19th century textile designs and referencing everything from the Renaissance to Rodchenko, Mabb creates videos, installations and paintings that examine the relationship between industrialization, design and utopian socialism. Two essays are accompanied by a text by the artist in which he provides detailed information on his sources and working methods.
Art Gallery of Windsor (2003) 61 pp 26 ill (22 col) 0-919837-68-9 softcover $15.00 (12 euros)
David Mabb: The Decorating Business
Marnie Fleming, Steve Edwards & Matthew Higgs
The British painter's interest in the ideas of utopian art naturally led him to William Morris. The 19th century philosopher's vision of social change and his rejection of the Victorian world order was in part fueled by a commitment to a renewed aesthetic. Over a hundred years later, however, this is hard to imagine. Now Morris is prim and proper, his designs a part of the "fabric" of middle class respectability. Taking reproductions of Morris's textiles as his starting point, Mabb subtly breaks down and alters the designs allowing us to see once again why this aesthetic was so troubling at the time. In doing so he sets up a complex dialogue around the history of painting and the political process through which paintings are made and viewed.
Oakville Galleries (2001) 63 pp16 col. ill. 7x5 in. softcover 0921027982 $15.00 (Can/U.S.)
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