Anne Hardy - Field

This November, Modern Art Oxford presents FIELD, an exhibition of major new work by acclaimed British artist Anne Hardy (b. 1970). Hardy makes environments which incorporate sculptural installation, photography and audio. Her installation at Modern Art Oxford runs from
7 November 2015 until 10 January 2016.

The exhibition takes the whole gallery as series of landscapes or ‘Fields’, immersive spaces that Hardy constructs using wood, concrete, carpet and an array of other found materials. She also uses photography, text, light, colour and carefully composed audio landscapes. Her work includes objects salvaged from the streets, and references the fictional worlds of authors such as JG Ballard, Tom McCarthy and Haruki Murakami.

Hardy’s Fields envelop the visitor, offering ambiguous physical and psychological experiences. These environments have been described as ‘physically existent head spaces’ which are both functional and illusory, giving the impression that they are inhabited spaces which continue with their own activities once an encounter with them is over.