Sep 10, 2024
Brian Griffiths, arm, 2024.
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Brian Griffiths, arm, 2024.
Brian Griffiths
The Body and Ground (Or Your Brittle Smile), 2010
Our Pool Is Too Small
I’ve often heard swimmers complain, when they have a small pool, that they can’t be competitive. Their pool is too small. If a small pool made a team uncompetitive then Ocean Falls, B.C. should have sucked. There are examples of clubs excelling despite bad scenarios every now and then. Pools do break down but good clubs survive over the short term. There are examples of amazing individuals who…
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Work Review no.5
Brian Griffiths, Untitled, 1998 (re-made 2012), mixed media
‘Griffiths is known for his cardboard reconstructions on antiquated supercomputers. This work was made using waste and unwanted items found in his local park including bottle tops and buttons. This act of collecting leads Griffiths to explore objects, their use and construction in his imaginative sculptures where everyday items are looked at in new ways.’
Now I enjoy the concept behind this work but I wouldn’t say I find it visually appealing. Whether that is because I have a weird aversion to cardboard and hearing it being cut with scissors; or if it is because it is not the normal medium you would see in an art exhibition. If you told me to make something from cardboard I would automatically think back to school group projects and PVA glue. However, when you look into how he has sourced his materials everything is recycled or is something he has found in his local area. Being someone who tries to make less of an impact on the eco system this made me very happy to see as I think art is general can be fairly wasteful at times. It is also interesting to see how simple this sculpture looks where as the subject it is based on would be more complex for me to understand. It brings to mind the idea of children playing with cardboard boxes and turning them into multitudes of wonderful things, this sculpture in a way represents the creative naivety of a child having fun.
Brian Griffiths Borrowed World, Borrowed Eyes, 2014, at Tramway, Glasgow, (installation view)
Immersive and interactive installations