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Laureen’s most recent work combines photography with print-art to create installations and settings that provoke a sense of both nostalgia and longing. Griffin’s artistic endeavors also include, works of art and video created as community projects, works on paper, sculpture, digitally manipulated photography and video.
“My work is a series of architectural settings from times that never were but should have been, vignettes of parlors and other living spaces from eras gone by. Symbolic visual language and social coding dominate fantastical yet provocative theatrical environments to inspire dialogue about female representation and self awareness. As I observe and listen to people’s reactions to my work, ranging from perceptions of solidarity to alienation, I come to find how we are conditioned to associate material display in our homes and on our person with a sense of belonging.”
Please contact the artist if you are interested in participating in the Gender Portraiture Project. Read Call for Participants for details.
 Untitled Parlour Scene at the ICEBOX from CONSTRUCT (Center for Emerging Visual Artists Exhibition )
EVENTS for 2011 –
Art-on-view & news…
November 7th thru December 2nd – NEW WOMAN – With funds raised through United States Artists, The Ringling Circus museum hosts a residency where I will photograph and study at Ca D’Zan and the Circus Museum at large in Sarasota Florida. Please view the United States Artists link to the left for more information.
August 1st thru 19th – BEAUTY REVISITED – The Center for Emerging Visual Artists
237 S. 18th Street, The Barclay, 3rd Floor, Philadelphia, PA – Opening Reception Thursday, August 4th, 5-7PM. Please come to my first solo exhibition since 2009!! You can take a virtual tour of the exhibit by visiting topics - my blog.
June 17th thru 29th – CONSTRUCT – ICEBOX Gallery at Crane Arts Bldg., 1400 North American St., Philadelphia.
Funds Raised for New Woman
June thru August – United States Artists – I am fascinated with the paradox of material culture alongside censorship, when conservative perceptions of societal norm contradict popular aesthetics. New Woman will explore the materiality of Cà d’Zan in contrast to how societal pressures distorted the promotion of female circus performers. (for more information click on United States Artists link.)
Support the Artist
Please visit my Homework website to learn more about supporting me through services I provided in house & garden improvement.
Ongoing
Gender Portraiture Project – Please view samples and contact me if you are interested in being a participant.
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