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S Mark Gubb: How Should I Live? (Maybe that’s not the question)
When: Friday 1st October 2010 -> Sunday 7th November 2010
Where: Chapter, Market Road, Cardiff, CF5 1QE
S Mark Gubb’s exhibition is an exploration on the nature of our very existence. Taking its title from a
line in Wim Wenders’ film ‘Wings of Desire’ - ‘How Should I Live? (Maybe That’s Not The Question)’, offers us the opportunity to probe our ambitions, beliefs and values; by asking us to make choices as we navigate our way through the gallery.
Wim Wenders’ film ‘Wings of Desire’ is a seminal reflection on the nature of humanity, centred on the tension between the film’s heavenly protagonists and their earthly counterparts. Acting as an allegory for some of the big philosophical debates, the film conveys the immediacy of such questions to contemporary existence as life, death, love and faith.
The exhibition is an exploration of a kind of naive utopian ideal in which the artist explores, amongst other things, the Costa Rican notion of ‘Pura Vida’ or the ‘Good Life’ as exemplified by the idea that
“…if you have a church, a bar and a football pitch then you have a town”.
This somewhat paradoxical notion – on the one hand so simple and ideal, and yet on the other so potentially autocratic – is tempered by Gubb’s ability to cut across any notions that the journey through life could be without complexity or sacrifice. And so Gubb offers various points of access for the audience, allowing them to engage with the subject and content in several meaningful ways; pulling different aspects in and out of focus so that the response demanded can also tap into the deeper decisions that shape us through life’s journey.
Selected CV
S Mark Gubb was born in Romsey, Hampshire and studied at the Universities of Derby (BA Fine Art) and Central England (MA Fine Art). Exhibitions and projects include ‘Zünderkerze’, Matthew Bown Gallery, Berlin, ‘We Have the Mirrors, We Have the Plans’, Mostyn, Llandudno (2010); ‘My Empire of Dirt’, Ceri Hand Gallery, Liverpool, ‘Pura Vida’, Hinterland, Nottingham (2009); ‘Here Today, Gone Tomorrow’, The City Gallery, Leicester
(2008) and ‘The Death of Peter Fechter’, ICA, London (2007). He is currently working on public commissions for Bristol City Council and The Usher Gallery, Lincoln and a solo show at aspex, Portsmouth.
Preview: Thursday 30 September, 6-8pm
EVENTS
Wings of Desire, 8 October, Cinema 2, 5pm
S Mark Gubb will introduce a special screening of Wings of Desire. Book at www.chapter.org.
Gallery Walk & Talk, 5 November, 6pm, free
Mark will discuss his work with Ellen Mara de Wachter, Curator for Zabludowicz Collection.
Limited edition
To coincide with the exhibition Mark has produced a limited edition print. ‘Free For All Forever’
is in an edition of 15 and available from The Shop priced at £100.00.
Printed in collaboration with Print Market Project www.printmarketworkshop.com
For more information about the exhibition, for images or to arrange an interview with the artist please contact the Visual Arts Team on +44 (0) 29 2031 1050 or email visual.arts@chapter.org