Fret work

By Viv Allen 2024 - 2025

Dimensions
80cm x 80cm

Fret means to gnaw or eat away, to be eaten away. This work is a meditation on mortality, love and anxiety. It reflects on how we still wish even when we struggle to hope.

Viv Allen

Reed bed

North Sea

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