Image of 'New Life', a drawing by Matthew Giffin

'New Life'

Mixed media drawing on paper, completed in March, 2023. This drawing is an artistic representation of the how the soul plays an integral role in shaping its own psychic growth, alongside the influence of it’s surrounding environment.

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Work in Progress #3 - 'A Certain Rhythm'

Work in Progress #3 - 'A Certain Rhythm'

'A Certain Rhythm' is part of an ongoing series of paintings that are based on textural photographs I took in New York City in 2007. 

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Matthew Giffin Helio Gallery Exhibit Poster, 2019

Review: Matthew Giffin Solo Exhibition at Helio Gallery, October 2019

Helio Gallery Exhibit, Sept - Oct 2019. Art TO Review by Mikael Sandblom.

"We interpret these pieces like the half remembered images and narratives of dreams whose meaning seems familiar but become more elusive and ambiguous the more we try to pin them down. As in a Rorschach ink blot, we project our own interpretation".

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Song Notebook #3 - 'Problems'

Song Notebook #3 - 'Problems'

Problems. Everybody’s got problems. Everybody sings the blues.

 

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Conversations with Matthew #4 - Take the A Express to the L, then Walk

Conversations with Matthew #4 - Take the A Express to the L, then Walk

From Spanish Harlem to the East Village, following inspiration and opportunity, settling into the crazy flow of life in the centre of the Art World: 1980's New York City.

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'Dream Into Life' a mixed media drawing by Matthew Giffin

Work in Progress #2 - Dream Into Life (2019)

Art is like jazz improvisation, the trick is to get out of the way sufficiently to let the spirit, rhythm and inner logic of the piece reveal itself. Once that happens you're off on a journey and there's no telling where you'll end up.

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Matthew Giffin, 'NYC Wall Study #321 - LES' (2007)

Great Stuff #3 - Punk Art / NYC

"Punk isn't something you grow out of. Punk is an attitude, and the essence of that attitude is, 'give us some truth'. - Joe Strummer

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Matthew Giffin. 'There's a Little Bit of Elvis in us All'

Song Notebook #2 - 'There's a Little Bit of Elvis In Us All'

I wrote this song while living in NYC way back in the '80's, when America was 'the Shining City on the Hill'. What a time it was. What a time it IS.

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Conversations with Matthew #3 - New York City

Conversations with Matthew #3 - New York City

Taking the first step as an artist can often be the most daunting moment in your career. But having fear and intimidation when planning these steps only holds you back. To reach potential, you have to let go and step forward into the unknown. Living this way opens your opportunities, and, as it has for Matthew’s whole career, can get you into some fascinating places.

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Art by Adolf Wolfli

Great Stuff #2 - Adolf Wölfli

Adolf Wolfli's psychosis-fuelled work is simply astonishing: 25,000 pages of elaborately illustrated manuscripts, collages, 'musical compositions' and an entire fictional autobiography entitled, 'Cradle to the Grave'. 

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