MARTIN GRIFFITHS
Image: Jane Harrison, artsNK
FIVE LIGHT CUBES, 2011 (in rain)
Sa Fire Festival, Branston, Lincs.
Mirrored acrylic, Plexiglas
40 x 40 x 40cm(each cube)
Light is the principal medium, both in small-scale works (cubes) and in larger vertical works which are intended to resonate with the central axis of the human body. The works present volumes and lines of light in optical polarities – planes become void, spaces become light-volumes and lines of light become ‘floating light-lines in space.’ Their elemental geometries are realised through high-precision engineering using refined materials – polished metals, gold plating, mirrored glass, acrylics – and often new and innovative technologies. They channel natural light to produce intense light-lines, which look electrically sourced, but are not.
Subtle Colours, 2010
Mirrored glass, Plexiglas
60 x 60 x 60cm
40 x 40 x 40cm
32 x 32 x 32 cm
First Light (version2), 2010
First Light (version2), 2010
Mirrored glass, Plexiglas
40 x 40 x 40cm
Stand: wood, spray paint
107 x 40 x 40 cm
Detail of Subtle Colours
60 x 60 x 60cm
I Am, 2011
The Collection, Lincoln
Stainless steel, mild steel, spray paint, Plexiglas
256.4 x 8.9 x 41cm
Base: 2.5 x 96 x 120 cm
I Am
Front view