Blurb
Antony Griffiths received his degree in illustration from the University of the West of England in Bristol where he completed his course in 2001 and attained a 2:1. After two or three years of ‘back in the real world of rubbish jobs, poverty and cheap white bread shock’ he began, once again, to take an interest in things creative and started working on his folio of work. In the last couple of years has shown work in many exhibitions and in April this year had 2 pieces shown in the RBSA gallery in central Birmingham. He is currently showing work in The Amnesty International Exhibition in Malvern (Worcestershire).When sold, a percentage of the sale price goes to Amnesty funds.These can be seen on the Gallery page.
Limited edition prints of the majority of the work can be purchased; details of how to buy are included on the the Buy Stuff page. If they are not yet included then contact him on the number shown on the Contact page or via email.
The bulk of the work shown here comes from self-imposed briefs, and are generally about current national/international issues, political, philosophical and personal, or whatever particular bee in the bonnet there is at the time (bonnets are the new beanies don't you know); the abomination that is the Iraq war, greed, excessive capitalism, pointless waste, trivial, simple subject matters(!). It is created mainly instinctively but informed from many and varied sources, a lot is simply social and cultural observation and comment, with a political and visual standpoint influenced from a plethora of disparate areas, which essentially speaks for itself.
Often, a piece of work is an attempt to say something honest about the world within which we live, and the seemingly unquestionable systems which we find ourselves a part of. The work is rendered in various mediums including traditional pen and ink, watercolour, gouache and acrylics. As mentioned, each piece has something to say about the world in a way which is often comical and irreverent but with a serious message at its heart. As with a lot of imagery, the meaning is, in the end, ambiguous and therefore interpretable in many ways and is ultimately subjective to the viewer. Antony tries to create engaging, arresting images which are as at home in a gallery as they are on the printed page. The work on show is old and new and as time shoots by at a thoroughly selfish rate, more work will appear on the Gallery page. Antony is currently working on two children’s books (with an indispensable advisory role being held by his 4 (and a half Daddy!) year old daughter[unpaid]), and more work for an exhibition. He is available for commission, editorial, irreverent visual rant, cartoon, bee in the bonnet in picture form or what ever.
