Margaret Griffith



 

 

 

                 "Now for something completely different" as one of the characters from Monty Python would say, because this project won't be drawing related. Instead it is sculpture related. The creator of this project is named Margret Griffith. Her art style and technique was inspired by the man-made structures' spaces. Through these things, she has made herself determined to analyze architectural elements from abstraction to perspective. Most of her drawings consist of geometric division of space and the use of the grid. However when the Great Recession or in her case; the Next Great Depression hit the Global Economy, she started to take pictures of empty houses to support her work while understanding the emptiness in the context of Eastern thought. Recently she has been taking an interest in taking pictures of the front gates of her neighborhood. Afterwards she then projects the images on to paper and removing the negative spaces leading to life size paper replicas. The designs are piled up on top of one another on the wall and the floor to produce a three dimensional abstraction consisting of patterns, lines, shapes and mass. Through this she started to emphasize the themes of the metamorphic relationships regarding urbanism as well as theft, fear, isolation and possession. The gates according to her for example, represent confinement. She earned her education degrees from the Cranbrook Academy of Art (2001) and the Maryland Institute College of Art (1994).

 

Low and behold the image featured on the Drawing Center.

http://www.drawingcenter.org/viewingprogram/portfolio.com

 

The image is called Coringa

Handcut paper

2012

Dimensions variable              The reason I chose this image is because it was pretty unique and surreal as far as sculptures go. I mean just pay attention to details of each piece of the paper foils. Each variable has its own pattern and when all of those patterns are molded together, they create a strange mish mash of shapes. The patterns also resemble melted and bent metal (although the patterns are of course made out of paper). Based on what I researched, the patterns used to make the picture imply what the actual gates looked like. I don't know what else I can say about this piece of work other than it is a very creative sculpture using a careful use of spacing and placement. You can always find more of Margaret's work at http://www.margaretgriffith.com/. So if you have the time go visit her site and be intrigued by Margaret's many projects and other works.