Catherine Griffiths: Out of Line

For four decades, Catherine Griffiths, designer and artist from Aotearoa New Zealand, has attentively examined the potentials of language, materiality and drawing in space. Her work operates at the nexus of an expanded, socially-engaged, interdisciplinary practice founded in graphic design, with a focus on typography, sculptural form, and public art. Griffiths reconfigures typographic context and meaning through shifts in scale and the immersive experience, transforming how we perceive and interact with language, from the concrete to the abstract. Throughout her career, Griffiths has used language, light and sound as both a material and conceptual force. Through typographic installations, time-based media, and site-specific interventions, Griffiths encourages the viewer to read between the lines, engage in spatial dialogues and consider the alternative. Featuring a commissioned site-specific installation, this exhibition offers a unique chance to experience the provocations and physical qualities of Griffiths’ practice, where form and materiality are at once visible and tactile. The largest exhibition of Griffiths’ work presented in Australia to-date, Catherine Griffiths: Out of Line invites the viewer to read and interpret the assemblage of works presented. Catherine Griffiths: Out of Line is curated by Ela Egidy and Megan Patty and presented by the Melbourne School of Design, with the support of the Melbourne Art Book Fair and the Victorian College of the Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts and Music at the University of Melbourne. NGV: https://designweek.melbourne/event/out-of-line-catherine-griffiths-exhibition-launch/<p></p>