Cruel Garden 3

Name: Cruel Garden 3
Brand: Anna Reading
Price: 1600.00 GBP
Availability: InStock

Jesmonite, pigment, sand, metal, wood
50 x 20 x 8 cm

£1,600.00

About the Artwork

From the Cruel Garden series of sculptures, inspired by the resilience of plants which can survive extreme conditions. Cruel Garden 3 grows horizontally out of the gallery wall, imagining the adaptation of a life in which the relationship between sun and earth has become dramatically unstable. Drawing volcanic rock into its singular paddle-like leaf, the plant form morphs and hybridises to protect its own existence.

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Details

Medium: Jesmonite, pigment, sand, metal, wood

Year: 2026

Size: 50 x 20 x 8 cm

Ready to Hang: Yes

Basic wall hang.

Anna Reading

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Anna Reading (b. 1987) is a sculptor based in London. She holds an MFA from the Slade School of Fine Art and a BA from Central St Martins. Reading is the winner of the Mark Tanner Sculpture Award (2018-19). Her work has been exhibited in shows including These Mad Hybrids (2025) and The Amber Rooms at Matts Gallery (2023). She has held residencies in Hong Kong and Denmark. Her work is included in publications such as Thinking Is Making: Objects In a Space. She recently unveiled the public sculpture Street Waders for Lewisham High Street.

Hypha Studios Artist: 'Lost in a (Just in Time) Supply Chain' at Hypha Gallery Rushey Green (2022); '2 For 1' at Hypha Gallery East Village (2023)

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