ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE CORBIN SHAW

IT’S BASS UP NORTH

JOSH JONES

ORIGINALLY FROM SHEFFIELD, SOUTH YORKSHIRE, ARTIST CORBIN SHAW EXPLORES IDEAS OF MASCULINITY THROUGH THE MEDIUM OF TEXTILES. BEST KNOWN FOR HIS UNIQUE TAKE ON THE ST GEORGE’S CROSS, HE PAYS HOMAGE TO THE PEOPLE AND PLACES THAT HAVE SHAPED HIS NORTHERN IDENTITY — THE PUB, FOOTBALL PITCHES AND BOXING GYMS. USING HIS EX-MINING TOWN UPBRINGING, CORBIN INVESTIGATES MASCULINITY AND HOW THAT WAS DEFINED TO HIM GROWING UP, BREAKING STIGMAS AND STEREOTYPES THROUGH HIS RE-IMAGINATION OF MASCULINE 'ICONS' AND OBJECTS. CORBIN SHAW IS HUCK 81’S ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE. YOU GREW UP WATCHING FOOTBALL IN SHEFFIELD PUBS. WAS THAT WHERE YOU FIRST WITNESSED ARTISTRY AND ARTISTIC EXPRESSION? There’s a lot of art happening subliminally in spaces you wouldn't imagine. I think it’s how you look at it. I was formed by those spaces, that’s why they…

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Huck United Kingdom (Digital) - 1 Issue, Issue 81: Spring/Autumn 2024

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