{"id":917,"date":"2026-09-24T12:15:31","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T10:15:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.armandagoriarte.com\/artisti\/giorgio-griffa\/"},"modified":"2026-11-06T12:00:49","modified_gmt":"2026-11-06T11:00:49","slug":"giorgio-griffa","status":"publish","type":"artisti","link":"https:\/\/armandagoriarte.com\/en\/artists\/giorgio-griffa\/","title":{"rendered":"Giorgio Griffa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Mark, Time and Painting as Process<\/em><\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Formation and Early Years<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Giorgio Griffa was born in Turin in 1936, where he lives and works. In the 1960s, he developed an independent artistic exploration amidst the new international abstract experiences.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His practice engages in dialogue with Arte Povera, Analytical Painting, and Minimalism, yet remains difficult to categorise within a single movement. His exhibition activity began in 1968.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Painting as Experience<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From the outset, Griffa questioned the idea of painting as a finished image. The canvas is treated as an open space in which the pictorial gesture visibly retains its process of formation.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Marks, brushstrokes, and colour fields are deliberately left legible, without being recomposed into a definitive representation. Painting thus becomes a process that unfolds over time.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mark, Rhythm and Space<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of the most characteristic aspects of Griffa&#8217;s language is the use of simple, repeated sequences of marks. Lines, diagonals, numbers, letters, and geometric shapes are organised on the surface without constructing a traditional composition.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rhythm arises from the repetition and variations of the gesture. Even the void and unpainted areas become active elements of the work.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Cycles of Research<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Throughout his career, Griffa developed various cycles, including Connections, Canes, Primary Marks, Fragments, and Numerations. The works retain a strong autonomy but are united by the desire to keep the pictorial process open.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His research also engages with writing, mathematics, and numerical sequences, without losing the immediate character of the gesture.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Exhibition History and Recognition<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since the late 1960s, Griffa has exhibited in Italy and abroad, collaborating with important galleries and participating in surveys dedicated to contemporary painting.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Over time, his work has been presented in important international institutions and museums, with a growing critical re-evaluation of his role in Italian painting of the second half of the twentieth century.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Critical Interpretation<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Giorgio Griffa&#8217;s painting is based on the idea that the work does not necessarily have to conclude in a definitive form. The gesture remains visible, and time becomes an integral part of the composition.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The apparent simplicity of his marks conceals a reflection on the nature of painting: the canvas does not represent something, but rather makes the very process of painting visible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":919,"template":"","class_list":["post-917","artisti","type-artisti","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"meta_box":{"artista_rappresentato":"nonrappresentato","artista_testo_pulsante":"","artista_link_alla_biografia_o_materiale":"","artista_opere_titolo":"","artista_opere_di_successo":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/armandagoriarte.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artisti\/917","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/armandagoriarte.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artisti"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/armandagoriarte.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/artisti"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/armandagoriarte.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/919"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/armandagoriarte.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}