Anna Reading: Frags

The Frags are a selection of wearable works, set onto brooch pins, comprising fragments of studio debris, set into a sandy loam sheet, shattered into a set of unique pieces.

Product Information

2024

Jesmonite, pigment, sand, Oyster shell, Nassa shell, volcanic sand, metal brooch pin 

Dimensions variable - approx. 5 cm

About the Artist

Born in Newcastle Upon Tyne in 1987, Anna Reading (she/her) lives and works in London. In 2010, Reading graduated with a BA in Fine Art from Central St Martins, and in 2017 gained an MfA in Sculpture from Slade School of Fine Art. Her work deals with issues around anthropocentric perspectives and the subsequent impacts upon environments, bodies, and human psyches. Her sculptural works attempt to engage and collaborate with the environment around us, looking for lessons in survival within hostile settings.

Reading creates hybrids of imagery, materials and forms to highlight the unruly spaces at the edges of the built environment. Recent exhibitions include These Mad Hybrids at RWA Bristol (2024), The Amber Rooms at Matts Gallery (2023), Brute at Kristian Day Gallery (2022), Still Here at APT Gallery (2023). Reading was the winner of the 2018-19 Mark Tanner Sculpture Award. 

Shipping

Please note that this work is part of our 2024 Winter Fundraiser and will only be available for shipping or collection towards the end of the showcase. All items will be shipped via Royal Mail Tracked 24 unless stated otherwise. If you would like to have the work shipped or be available for collection earlier, or shipped internationally, please contact info@sanmeigallery.co.uk