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Autore: biografia sintetica e opere | Author: brief biography and main works

Giorgio Griffa

Giorgio Griffa (Turin, 1936), artist, has been a leading figure on the international

arts scene and one of the most respected contemporary painters ever since the

1960s. In 1968 he abandoned the figurative style to evolve a new language, used

throughout his career as a painter: the canvas is peopled with elementary signs in

water-based acrylic paint applied to the raw surface (jute, hemp, cotton or linen),

which is left “bare”, without a frame. His works are vibrant and free, fixed directly to

walls with small nails which only support their top edges; subdivided into cycles, they

are known as an “unfinished constant”, with a stylistic language based on repetition,

which acquires the rhythmic consistency of the iconic signs and expressive grammar

of writing.

His works have been exhibited all over the world, from the Moderna Museet in

Stockholm to the MACRO in Rome, and collected by Italian and international galleries

(including, to name just a few, Sonnabend, Biasutti, Toselli, Ariete, Lorenzelli, Milione,

Guastalla, Samangallery, Godel and Malborough). Griffa has exhibited at events such

as Prospect 69 / Prospect 73 in Düsseldorf, Kunstmuseum in Lucerne, Villa Borghese

in Rome 1973, Sao Paulo Biennale 1977, and Venice Biennale 1978 and 1980.

His production of paintings is supported by a busy career as a theorist and critic,

with publications including Non c’è rosa senza spine (1975), Cani sciolti antichisti

(1980), In nascita di Cibera (1989), Nelle orme dei Cantos (2001), Post Scriptum (2005), I

flaneur del Paleolitico and Il Paradosso del Più nel Meno (2014).

Canone aureo 705

(VVG)

(Canone aureo)

2015

Acrilico su tela

Acrylic on canvas

237 x 140 cm

Linea e punto

(Connessioni o

contaminazioni)

1980

Acrilico su tela

Acrylic on canvas

191 x 180 cm

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