1951 Born in Tel Aviv, Israel
Since graduating from the Fine Art Academy in Florence, Italy and his return to …
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1951 Born in Tel Aviv, Israel
Since graduating from the Fine Art Academy in Florence, Italy and his return to Israel, Griffit presents a fascinating and unique journey from etchings to realistic paintings, combining abstract textures with realistic images.
Griffit is a collector of images from any source possible, history of art, advertisements, movies, childhood memories, nature and the Land of Israel, self-conscious nostalgia, second hand longing etc.
His paintings, created as a collage, expropriating natural environment and connecting the image to something more, ranging from images, associations and a calligraphic stream of consciousness. The painting looks like a stage, some lit, some focused, some in darkness and partly implicit.
“Painting at its best is similar to poetry, sometimes lean and precise, sometimes hearty and vague. I have no preferences, I want to be surprised with myself every time and curiosity drives me back to the studio every day.”
Griffit lives and works in Israel. Griffit has exhibited at museums and galleries around the world including Art Basel, the International Biennial of Graphic Art in Italy, Yugoslavia, Germany, Austria and Norway.
Selected One-Person Exhibitions
1973 Old Jaffa Gallery, Jaffa, Israel
1974 Graphic 3 Gallery, Haifa, Israel
1980 Tourel Art Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
1982 Radius Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
1983 Radius Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
1984 Goldman Art Gallery, Haifa, Israel
1985 The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
1987 Herzliya Museum, Israel
1988 Small Maimad Visual Arts Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
1988 Ephrat Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
1988 Herzliya Museum, Israel
1989 Jack Gallery, New York, U.S.A
1991 The White Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
1991 Tivon Art Gallery, Israel
1992 The Open Museum, Tefen, Israel
1993 Kfar Saba Municipal Gallery, Israel
1995 Artists House, Jerusalem, Israel
1995 Arad Museum, Israel
1996 Beit Yad Labanim, Ramat Hasharon, Israel
1997 Praxis, Paris, France
1997 Neve Tzedek Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
1997 Kibbutz Machanayim, Israel
1998 The Beit Yad Labanim Gallery, Ra'anana, Israel
1999 The Museum of Israeli Art, Ramat Gan, Israel
2001 Tel Aviv Performing Arts Center, Israel
2001 Goren Gallery, Emec Izrael Academic College, Israel
2001 Castra Gallery, Haifa, Israel
2004 Givatayim Theater, Israel
2005 Petach-Tikva Performing Art Center, Israel
2008 Gallery 37, Williamstown, MA, USA
2009 Gerstien Gallery Tel Aviv, Israel
2009 Artists’ House, Tel Aviv,Israel
2011 City gallery , Kefar Saba, Israel
2012 Gal-on gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
2016 Machon-Hamaim, City Gallery, Givatayim, Israel
2017 Art on Campus, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
Group shows:
Israel, France, U.S.A., Germany, South America, Italy, Norway etc.
Museum Collections:
Tel Aviv Museum, Israel.
The Israel Museum, Jerusalem.
Israel Museum of Modern Art, Haifa, Israel.
Herzliya Museum, Israel.
The Open Museum, Tefen, Israel.
Private collections:
Discount Bank, Israel. Mercantile Discount Bank, Israel. The Israel Phoenix Assurance Co Israel. IDB Holding Corporation Ltd, Israel.
Alon Israel Oil Company Ltd. Direct Insurance co, Israel. Etc.
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- Dimensions
- 46.5ʺW × 1ʺD × 46ʺH
- Styles
- Pop Art
- Frame Type
- Unframed
- Art Subjects
- Pop Culture
- Period
- 1980s
- Item Type
- Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned
- Materials
- Acrylic
- Canvas
- Condition
- Good Condition, Unknown, Some Imperfections
- Color
- Blush
- Tear Sheet
- Condition Notes
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Good
minor wear.
Good
minor wear. less
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