Publisher's Synopsis
Published on occasion of the exhibition Anj Smith: Drifting Habitations, 9 Nov 2023 13 Jan 2024, Hauser & Wirth, New York.Comprising of Anj Smith´s most recent body of work, this catalogue features a conversation between the artist and psychologist Orna Guralnik and a poetic intervention by author Claire-Louise Bennett.A beautifully designed book with detail responding to her work such as the lizard-like cover (animal world, shedding skin, transformation...) or the golden reflective paper (play with light and reflection, luminosity of paintings...) while the foldouts in the book allow for a reader to experience the scale of work (the larger works are 3 meters across).Co-published with Hauser & Wirth.Anj Smith, born in the UK 1978, lives and works in London, UK.
