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By Anna Reading

Fecund Grayling Pink Nymph

Metal, wood, Jesmonite, pigment, Buddleia stems, wax, plaster, sand, oyster shells, dried Geom stem, mint imperial
63 x 50 x 45 cm

£2,600.00
About the Artwork

Originally made for artist-run dinner 'The Amber Room' at Matts Gallery, to dispense mint imperials for dinner guests to extract. Based on the idea of a colony of oysters, purged by guests for their precious interiors, the pearls have been replaced by the aptly named mint imperial. The craggy, weed supporting, grotesque centrepiece stands in resistance to imperialism in all its hard and soft forms - its inhabitants thriving in opposition to hostile practices. The suspended shells are entwined with Buddleia stems. Found growing prolifically from cracks in pavement and broken walls, the flowers are the epitome of survival.

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Details

Medium: Metal, wood, Jesmonite, pigment, Buddleia stems, wax, plaster, sand, oyster shells, dried Geom stem, mint imperial

Year: 2023

Size: 63 x 50 x 45 cm

Ready to Hang: Yes

Work is freestanding and can be placed upon the floor or table depending upon the curator's discretion. The work then has a mint imperial sweet placed upon each open shell (provided by aritst)

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 in 2022; '2 For 1' at Hypha Gallery East Village in 2023

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