OLIVER GRIFFIN

b. 1983 Boscome, UK.
Lives and works in London-Berlin.

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Demonstrations of Patterns in flow

Demonstrations of Patterns in flow05/05/201704/09/2018

What do you expect from your surfaces? A philosophy of Bicycle MotoCross (BMX) and everything. All I see is a demonstration of patterns in flow within these lines. I know you don’t understand. I don’t expect it at all. It’s a philosophy, I guess, as you have to practice it and then you understand the […]

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Void in my eye Admires the lens

Void in my eye Admires the lens02/08/201609/10/2017

Living without the lens I have never been able to let go to the feeling of being able to live without spectacles; either for medical of physiological reasons. The idea of looking through a cut piece of glass in which brings another layer of distance into reality fascinates myself. Along with the dust and scratches […]

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Oliver Griffin

©2017 Oliver Griffin.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2017
FINISHED WITH ENGINES, Galerie Andreas Schmidt, Berlin
Sommaire, F.R.A.C. d’Angouleme
Demonstrations of Patterns in Flow, Hannah Barry Gallery, London
“…why not hug the strangers.”, DZIALDOV, Berlin

2016
What we all lack, Hannah Barry Gallery, London
About a sky, and its impossible absence, DZIALDOV, Berlin

2015
Ed Ruscha Books and Co., Gagosian Gallery, Paris
Archaeology of a book, CBM, Spoleto, Italy

2014
Decisive Action, National Centre for Contemporary Art, Ekaterinburg, Russia

 

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  • Demonstrations of Patterns in Flow What do you expect from your surfaces? #Modernist lines, #abstract curves, a #meditation on #creativity and #order? An exploration of the philosophy of #BMX through the #geometric traces it leaves, in physical and psychological space? Or just somewhere to practise... 1 of 9 #risograph prints, 45.3 * 64 cm. (Thanks @charlesnypelslab) Exhibition and installation @hannahbarrygallery until June 3.
  • Demonstrations of Patterns in Flow We generally walk on any surface. Thinking nothing of it. In #bmx, the #terrain becomes a #challenge. “To reveal potential pre-existing universal #motion and to give it a human representation. #Physics meeting #aesthetics, Nature positively affected by the human will to express.” (#Alexisdesolneux) 1 of 9 #risograph prints, 45.3 * 64 cm. (Thanks @charlesnypelslab) Exhibition and installation @hannahbarrygallery until June 3.
  • Demonstrations of Patterns in Flow "I normally describe it as my #distraction from #destruction" (#JayForbes) The #surface is a #focus point for #themeaningoflife in the discipline of #flatland #bmx. 1 of 9 #risograph prints, 45.3 * 64 cm. (Thanks @charlesnypelslab) Exhibition and installation @hannahbarrygallery until June 3.
  • Demonstrations of Patterns in Flow These #patterns are not by chance... Hundreds of hours have been put into practicing the same trick on isolated patches of concrete to produce these #tyremarks. As in life, it takes #practise and the #acceptance of #failure to achieve a position that you are #happy being in. 1 of 9 #risograph prints, 45.3 * 64 cm. (Thanks @charlesnypelslab) Exhibition and installation @hannahbarrygallery until June 3.
  • Demonstrations of Patterns in Flow "#BMX is a dream-space in which there are #norules or restrictions but that of #imagination and #gravity; a heaven on earth that you can lose yourself within for a couple of hours, in order to escape the purgatory that we call this dogmatic society." 1 of 9 #risograph prints, 45.3 * 64 cm. (Thanks @charlesnypelslab) Exhibition and installation @hannahbarrygallery until June 3.
  • Demonstrations of Patterns in Flow "The whole thing is all very #DIY. The sport – and we can call it a sport, because there are competitions – came out of #California in the 1970s... But there was always a heavy #London presence from that era, too – London riders and riders in #Crayford, which is why there is still a meet-up there, #LevelVibes, but it’s anti-competition. #bmx #freestyle in the US is fairly professional, whereas Level Vibes has a different atmosphere. It’s the opposite of going multinational – doing something very small, involving yourself, building the bike you want to ride." (http://www.studiointernational.com/index.php/oliver-griffin-interview-the-very-act-of-photography-makes-something-interesting) 1 of 9 #risograph prints, 45.3 * 64 cm. (Thanks @charlesnypelslab) Exhibition and installation @hannahbarrygallery until June 3.
  • Demonstrations of Patterns in Flow "#Flatland is an #art form where imagination, a bike and a smooth flat ground are needed in order for the artist to create tricks and express their self." (Viki Gomez) Thus, #surface becomes extremely important to how you see the idea of #movement. 1 of 9 #risograph prints, 45.3 * 64 cm. (Thanks @charlesnypelslab) Exhibition and installation @hannahbarrygallery until June 3.
  • Demonstrations of Patterns in Flow Combinations of #lines (in #red, #black, #yellow, #blue, #green and #white) and the #curves left by the movements of the #BMX tyres, under the control of its rider in competition. 1 of 9 #risograph prints, 45.3 * 64 cm. (Thanks @charlesnypelslab) Exhibition and installation @hannahbarrygallery until June 3.
  • Demonstrations of Patterns in Flow A #photographic capture of #freestyle, #rules and #zen meditations in #red, #green and #blue. 1 of 9 #risograph prints, 45.3 * 64 cm. (Thanks @charlesnypelslab) Exhibition and installation @hannahbarrygallery until June 3.

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  • TaCEP // 276 - DEU Nico Baumgarten
  • TaCEP // 276 - DEU Nico Baumgarten
  • TaCEP // 276 - DEU Nico Baumgarten
  • TaCEP // 276 - DEU Nico Baumgarten
  • TaCEP // 276 - DEU Nico Baumgarten
  • TaCEP // 276 - DEU Nico Baumgarten
  • TaCEP // 840 - USA Images by Asa Lory, Alex Cavalco, Aida Hasanovic and Terrance Purdy Text by Taylor Carter
  • TaCEP // 840 - USA
  • TaCEP // 840 - USA