Black and White Spaces

Galeria Carles Taché and No 20 are proud to present for the first time in Spain the work of Phil Griffin. SURRENDER is a solo exhibition that features a body of work comprised of photographs created by the artist during a year long residency at Troubleyn/Laboratorium (Anwerp) that jointly offers a psychological insight into the 24-hour long performance of Jan Fabre’s ‘Mount Olympus: To Glorify the Cult of Tragedy’.
Trained as a dancer, Griffin’s visual interests reside in the dynamic and primal energy of movement. For him, emotions and feelings can be seen as physical actions and, as such, tangible forms that he is able to record. The series presented in this exhibition explores themes of submission as expressed physically in the thralls of dance. The captured moments of individual abandon offer a vulnerability that convey the struggle, exhaustion, and ecstasy of motion.
The result of extremely personal and emotionally charged exchanges between Phil Griffin and the performers of Fabre’s iconic play, the images presented can be interpreted as conversations rather than photographs, as shared feelings rather than pictures. SURRENDER offers a unique opportunity to enjoy images of painterly beauty that capture universal abstract notions such as fear, hope and vulnerability.