Jonathan Griffin
LA-based British art critic. Contributing editor for Frieze, writes for the NYT, the FT, Art Review, Apollo, and others.
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1 month ago |
nytimes.com | Jonathan Griffin
Image "I can make art anywhere," Knuth says. "I'm not worried about that." Jacobson, 49, worked primarily from home, and lost items from her library of material samples, as well as some vintage furnishings. Knuth considers himself lucky, comparatively. Last July, he signed the lease on a new studio, which was spared from the fire. He had moved nearly all his paintings, sculptures, books and tools out of his garage, where he'd previously worked.
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Jan 15, 2025 |
frieze.com | Jonathan Griffin
Hands everywhere: hands sprouting out of torsos, hands grabbing heads, fingers pushing through soft flesh. There are bloody spatters and sores – ketchup-red – and sauce bottles, too, and sausages, and fantastical beasts that resemble cutesified pig-rats. We’re in a kitchen, then we’re in the woods, then leaves and logs cover the kitchen counter. These deranged scenes are imagined by a machine, though one that has observed and remembered millions of images made by humans.
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Jan 3, 2025 |
frieze.com | Jonathan Griffin
In Los Angeles, it’s earthquakes you tend to worry about most. Even when I moved here, nearly 15 years ago, people back in the UK would ask if I wasn’t concerned by the impending threat of The Big One. In the years that have passed, with only a few mild tremors, the worry has both faded – it’s something you live with – and grown, as the eventual, inevitable release of pressure on the San Andreas Fault draws closer.
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Dec 16, 2024 |
nytimes.com | Jonathan Griffin
Before Marlon Mullen begins a painting, he likes to tidy his work space. He'll pre-mix his paints - Golden acrylics in recycled pots - and lay out his brushes and canvas on his table. Often, he'll empty the studio's trash cans. Sometimes he'll even sweep the yard outside, or rearrange objects on the studio shelves according to their relation to colors he plans to use in his painting. As I learned when I visited him in Richmond, Calif., one recent rainy morning, this ritual process can take days.
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Nov 20, 2024 |
apollo-magazine.com | Jonathan Griffin
Lumia Suite, Op. 158 (1963–64; detail), Thomas Wilfred. Museum of Modern Art, New York
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