Anna Tas

"A Thing of Beauty #8 (Excelsa)" Photography with lenticulars, Hong Kong dollar

2013-2014

Anna Tas is a British born artist, who after spending over 20 years living abroad, has recently returned to the UK. Primarily known for her lenticular images, Anna’s work has been described as conceptual yet compelling, allowing the audience to interpret what they see in their own way, as well as stimulating discussion about how we see and how images persist in our minds. “I am fascinated by the physical interaction the viewer has with a lenticular piece, the way it changes with their movement and angle of viewing – it provides an initial moment of surprise, and then an extended period of contemplation. A literal and figurative ‘back and forth’! I really enjoy the dialogue that comes from a viewer who is seeing the work from their own perspective, rather than mine, someone who has no preconceived idea of what it is that I am trying to talk about […] I have no answers, no judgment, just questions. I am drawn to looking at why we think what we think, how we develop and learn to decode what we see and assign certain values (for want of a better word) without being really conscious that this is what we do. I am part of something, yet also apart from it – observing, watching, questioning, and wondering. Why? What? How?” Anna’s work is held in private collections around the world, including New York, Miami, Mallorca, London, Amsterdam, Rome, New Dehli and Hong Kong.