Ron Griffin's abstract paintings actually aren't abstract. While first
glance suggests references to Kazimir Malevich or the early abstrac-
tions of Dorothea Rockburne, closer inspection reveals a process of
meticulous representation of flattened, found paper objects, painted
with uncanny exactitude.

The most recent paintings are done on wooden panels finished with
highly polished black gesso. Diaphanous white forms float, like jellyfish
or vapor, through deep, watery space. However, the curving, sensuous
shapes come not from the natural world, but are depictions of the
crumpled and folded toilet-seat covers found in public restrooms.

Griffin lives and makes art in Los Angeles where his work was recently
shown at the Museum of Contemporary Art as part of the legendary
collection of Giuseppe and Giovanna Panza di Biumo.

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