Getting to know the unknown

My latest exhibition review for Church Times is of Giorgio Griffa: A Continuous Becoming at Camden Arts Centre:

'Minimalist unfinished marks on parts of unframed canvases hung from tacks on white walls; this is the “poor art” of Giorgio Griffa, which is rich in meaning and beauty ...

His are the colours of the Mediterranean; light, airy, precise, pastel. Marks that give the appearance of doodles are, as his sketchbooks demonstrate, meticulously planned and executed. The rhythms and harmonies of his mark-making in space fashion the dynam­ism of his diagonals, curves, and rectangles.

The marks on his unfolded pinned canvases never extend across the whole — a decision that signs the unfinished nature of our under­standing and comprehension.'

I've also written about Griffa's use of the Golden Ratio in a feature article published by Artlyst.

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Mark Heard - Strong Hand Of Love.

Artlyst - Giorgio Griffa: The Golden Ratio And Inexplicable knowledge

My latest article for Artlyst highlights the first solo exhibition in the United Kingdom of Giorgio Griffa, an Italian abstract painter who has been closely linked to the Arte Povera movement. The exhibition at Camden Arts Centre provides a rare opportunity to discover the breadth of the artist’s practice, incorporating works from the 1960s through to today. 

The work of Griffa revives awareness of the Golden Ratio in contemporary art and, therefore, could also revive awareness of the part that the Golden Ratio has played within artistic searches for an objective, scientific approach to modern art.

My other Artlyst articles are:

• Arabella Dorman Unveils New Installation At St James Church Piccadilly
• Can Art Transform Society?
• Art Awakening Humanity Conference Report
• Central St Martins in the Fields Design Then And Now
• The Sacramental And Liturgical Nature Of Conceptual Art
• Caravan – An Interview With Rev Paul Gordon Chandler On Arts Peacebuilding
• Art Awakening Humanity Alexander de Cadenet Interviewed
• Polish Art In Britain Centenary Marked At London’s Ben Uri Gallery
• Michael Pendry New Installation Lights Up St Martin In The Fields;
• Mark Dean Projects Stations of the Cross Videos On Henry Moore Altar;
• Refugee Artists Learning from The Lives Of Others;
• The Religious Impulses Of Robert Rauschenberg;
• The Christian Science Connection Within The British Modern Art Movement;
• Artists Rebranding The Christmas Tree Tradition;
• Art Impacted - A Radical Response To Radicalisation;
• The Art of St Martin-in-the-Fields; and
• Was Caravaggio A Good Christian?

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