Ron Griffin
Pomona, California 1954
Photo credit Antonia Jane Allen / Courtesy Ron Griffin
His art is to turn the humble things into noble ones. He reconstructs them exacty. (...) The manual rebuilt reveals values appreciable with the classical aesthetic criteria. The minimum difference from the original becomes substantial, it is enough to turn a common thing to another that holds the dignity of the uniqueness.
Ron Griffin, Untitled (Popcorn bag) (RGP 192-93), 1993. Enamel and varnish on panel, 36,2 × 27,9 × 4,4 cm. MOCA The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, The Panza Collection, Gift, 1994. Photo Panza Collection, Mendrisio
Ron Griffin, Untitled (Pacific Far East Line Closed) (RGP 245-94), 1994. Enamel and varnish on panel, 20.9 x 25,7 x 4,4 cm. Panza Collection, Mendrisio. Photo Alessandro Zambianchi, Milano
Ron Griffin, Untitled (Long Trailer (RGP 355-95), 1995. Ink and polyurethane on panel, 27,2 x 278,4 x 8,7 cm. Ithra, King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. Photo Alessandro Zambianchi, Milano
Installation La Percezione del Futuro: la collezione Panza a Perugia, Museo Civico di Palazzo della Penna, Perugia, June 20 - November 8, 2015. Works by Ron Griffin. Photo Alessandro Zambianchi, Milano
Rosa Giovanna Magnifico Panza di Biumo and PanzaCollection would like to thank the artist, the family and the institutions for granting image publishing.