is but a means to an end, a tactic inviting interaction. It’s not actually all about the surface, it’s really all about the sensation. For those L.A. artists, it was about evoking the fragmentary effects of light flashing on sleek things; cars, the rippling ocean and the attendant rush of speed and freedom that came with it. Beyond mere touch or tactility though, Anya is interested in her works visually alluding to a state of bodily awareness she describes as proprioceptive. It is about knowing what it is to inhabit another skin, even briefly. As seen, her works seem to slip and slide, along the walls, and in our perception, between vision and conception, between surface and sensation.
Rose Gold Circle, Pewter Circle and Gold Circle, 2022 (Photograph: Toby Peet)
Here, at the intersection of process, perception, and luscious surfaces, are known and remembered sensations; of a body slipping between sheets, of a thumb and forefinger pinching silk, of metal encircling flesh, of warm clothing pooling on the floor. The aesthetics of fashion, consumerism and desire collide, like reflections, in surfaces wearing the impression of body. Lisa Pang January 2022