A collection of works by Matt Smith go on display at 99 Bishopsgate in London today, including two textiles pieces by the artist, who is better known as a ceramicist.
For the series Trouble with History, Smith has reworked vintage tapestries by unpicking and restitching elements – often faces – to illustrate how historical narratives are never objective accounts of truth, alluding to the marginalisation of queer people in society. His work often reshapes objects from their original uses to highlight marginalised points of view and hidden stories.