
sweet conversation
buist and cavaliero
cable street gallery

sweet conversation
buist and cavaliero
whitechapel gallery

sweet conversation
buist and cavaliero
whitechapel gallery

buist and cavaliero
photograph by ruth corney

sweet conversation
buist and cavaliero
whitechapel gallery

sweet conversation
buist and cavaliero
whitechapel gallery

sugar cube packets, artists' cards
sweet conversation, sugar cubes
buist and cavaliero
sugar cubes, artists' cards
SWEET CONVERSATION
"In Limehouse, East London, there is a giant table and chair made from nearly a quarter of a million sugar cubes (lick it, but don't sit on it)" John Windsor, The Independent on Saturday 2/8/1997
Sweet Conversation, a collaborative piece with Sarah Buist, was made at Cable Street Studios for an installation in the Cable Street Gallery. The piece refers to the building’s former use as a sweet factory. It is located near the east end docks where sugar used to be transported into London. The piece was later exhibited at the Gallery, Stoke Newington and the Whitechapel Gallery.
Press Release:
A quarter of a million sugar cubes were required to realise the piece. Layer upon layer have been used to construct these enlarged commonplace objects. On entering the gallery the material appears to be a solid mass but on close inspection we notice the mosaic like quality of the tiny, glistening sugar cubes.
The proportions are overwhelming and there is an urge to clamber upon these objects which appear strong and solid but in reality are fragile and ephemeral. Destructive urges are aroused with the realisation that the piece, created over a long period of time, could dissolve and disappear in minutes.
Reviews
Don’t Scoff The Independent on Saturday2/08/1997
Bags of Sugar D>Tour August 1997
Sweet Inspiration Impact, Tate and Lyle MagazineAutumn
Sweet Inspiration Art Review October 1997
Video: Who are your Art Parents? Whitechapel Gallery