Stir

In this piece traditional English afternoon tea is also represented by three commodities of 18th century trade: sugar, tea and silver.

The viewer is invited to make links with an abiding English custom and our imperial history, and at the same time to witness the soothing but slightly menacing spectacle taking place before them.

The teasing caresses and subtle bullying amidst familiar objects, suggest both human frailties and the violence that may lurk within the daily rituals of domestic life.

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