These works are based on ‘found’ Googled photographs of celebrities and criminals covering themselves to conceal their identity. Mobbs has extended pattern from the concealing scarves and shawls across the images – helping these lost figures to hide.
Patterned Figure 1, 2014, photo-etching, 47 x 47 cmPatterned Figure 1 – installation shotPatterned Figure 2, 2014, digital print lightbox, 150 x 150 cmPatterned Figure 2 – installation view (day)Patterned Figure 2 – installation view (night)Patterned Figure 3, 2015, screenprint, 47 x 47 cmPatterned Figure 4, 2016, photo-etching, 47 x 47 cmInstallation shot from Idols and Monsters (solo exhibition) at Attenborough Arts Centre, Leicester, 2016
Nick Mobbs 