Reykjavík Grapevine - 14.01.2005, Qupperneq 15

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His dad’s pigs Expressionism, Surrealism, the paintings of Casper David Friedrich, the books of Franz Kafka (The Trial, in particular),
the films of Jaques Tati, the social realism of communism
and fascism, the religious paintings of earlier centuries, and
Iceland.(Griffin happens to be married to an Icelandic woman,
the artist Brynja Sverrisdóttir, and is considering settling here
in the future). The current exhibition is his first retrospective
collection ever, covering works since the very beginning of his
career in 1970. Some of those are specifically dedicated to this
personal bond with Iceland- “Iceland inspires me, it’s not in just
what I see when I’m here, but how it makes me feel”, he said to
Grapevine. ...continued on page 18.
Brain Griffin has photographed the biggest
in politics, fashion and the music industry;
Baroness Margaret Thatcher and Sir Paul
McCartney, to name but two. But that’s not
what makes him big.
“Influences” is the name of his new show at the
Reykjavík Art Museum.
In his list of influences on his homepage, he mentions his childhood
in Black County, the Cold War,
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