The answer to the wrong question (2022)
Tracey Payne
In our fast-paced culture, a tea break can often be hard to come by. For many people, the iconic Rich Tea biscuit symbolises this pause: an invitation, however mundane, to allow yourself a moment of peace and nourishment.
With a nod to the biscuit’s lineage as a typically British emblem, invoked by artists like Gavin Turk to call upon ideas of our clichéd cultural heritage, Tracey’s metal-cast biscuit offers an ironic addition to the shared conversation.
Kept out of reach behind glass, and quite impossible to chew should you manage to attempt it, the shiny biscuit represents both the appeal – the tantalising glisten – of a break from societal pressure, and the very real barriers in the way of getting there.
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