Title: Excavation for the IDR, Reading Artist: Ray Atkins Date of Work: 1968 Medium: drawing: oil pastel Dimensions: h 950 x w 1200 mm   Caption: One of the most abstract of the many drawing Atkins made of the Inner Distribution Road being built, this is about how he was feeling, the light, the colour and the noise of the excavating crews and their machinery. The sensations have built into a rhythmic maelstrom of marks and any concrete reality has melted away.   Object Number: 2017.102.1 Acknowledgements: Reading Foundation for Art Collection, gift of the artist Copyright: Image: Reading Borough Council/ Intellectual: The artist   Back