Anj Smith: In the Studio

A first look at an exceptional new series of paintings by Anj Smith, inside artist’s London studio ahead of her solo exhibition at our New York gallery.

Known for intimate, intricately rendered canvases that explore questions of identity, eroticism, anxiety and mortality, Smith’s new work takes on a larger scale to explore notions of atopia, a concept beautifully elucidated by Roland Barthes as ‘drifting habitations,’ through subverting the genre of the female nude. Atopia challenges the notion of fixed locations and invites us to consider the fluidity of our experiences and perceptions of the world. Delving into the complex relationship between self and space, the very nature of our connections to the environments we inhabit is questioned in Smith’s luminous works.

‘Anj Smith. Drifting Habitations’ is on view at Hauser & Wirth New York, 22nd Street, from 9 November 2023 – 13 January 2024.

Directed by Jamie Edmundson
Produced by Hauser & Wirth and LCS Studio
Mount St Restaurant Footage Courtesy ArtFarm and Henry Temperley

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Hauser & Wirth is an international contemporary and modern art gallery with spaces in Zurich, London, Somerset, New York, Los Angeles, Hong Kong, Gstaad, St. Moritz, Monaco, Menorca and Paris.

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