buckets, 2002
paint on buckets
27 x 61 x 28 cm

the work of UK artist anna barriball, hinges on the minimal interactions between objects,
moving between the parallel languages of drawing and sculpture.

the emphasis of her art is about recording the physicality and substance of mundane objects,
by tracing their form. much of her practice focuses on exploring the passage of time,
through interactions with these everyday objects either by graphite rubbings which bare traces
of the object's use or function transforming paper into shimmering works of art, or through
wrapping objects entirely with ribbon to accentuate their form and shape. barriball's reptitious
actions results in a series of interventions which combine these labor intensive techniques -
pieces which make sense of the world by empirical study.


untitled(detail), 2008
curtain fabric
dimensions variable
edition of 3

sunset/sunrise v, 2008
pencil on paper
85 x 110 cm


mirror window wall iii, 2008
ink on paper
260.5 x 200.5 cm


draw (fireplace), 2005
dvd projection
10 min 30 sec

a large sheet of tracing paper covers a fireplace being sucked in and out, wrapping around
features of the fireplace. expelling the air causes paper to inflate. paper becomes animated,
a strange form of respiration which is ridiculous and mysterious.


door, 2004
pencil on paper
208.5 x 88 x 6 cm



silver map, 2003
silver pen on world map
82 x 131 cm



chair, 2004
chair, ribbon and pva glue
65 x 80 x 4 cm



black wardrobe, 2003
tape on wardrobe
177.8 x 70 x 40 cm

anna barriball was born in plymouth, england in 1972.
she attended the winchester school of art and obtained her masters in fine art at the
chelsea college of art in 2000. she is represented by the frith street gallery in london, UK
where she currently lives and works.

in the upcoming year, barriball will be having a solo exhibition at the milton keynes gallery,UK
and will be participating in two group shows: one at studio 44 in stockholm and as part of the
'newspeak: british art now exhibition' at the saatchi gallery.