The original An Edible Family in a Mobile Home from 1976
Back in 1976, Bobby Baker created an artwork called An Edible Family in a Mobile Home, Created inside a pre-fab East End home, Baker created a "family" from cakes and biscuits - with elements like the father who was made of fruit cake "slumped in an armchair surrounded by tabloid newspapers". Alternatively, the mother was made from a dressmaker's mannequin with "a constant supply of fairy cakes, sandwiches and fruit from compartments in her hollow abdomen".
Baker (who baked everything herself) served tea to visitors while they ate their way through the artwork. And now she's doing it again.
Outside Tate Britain for only a month, the artwork is being updated and relaunched. It'll be a replica of the original house. This time, the artwork will be made of garibaldi biscuits, meringue and different cakes and she's brought in Lily Vanilli to help her and the team. The house will also be decorated with a new icing too. And yes, there will be vegan options.
It's all part of the Tate's new exhibition, Women in Revolt! Art and Activism in the UK 1970-1990. After its month in London, it'll be touring the country.
It all sounds like something not to be missed. Plus, if you're looking for something completely new in the afternoon tea stakes, this will definitely fit that bill.
More about An Edible Family in a Mobile Home (2023)
Where is it? Tate Britain, Millbank, London SW1P 4RG
When? 8 November - 3 December 2023
Find out more: Visit their website or follow them on Instagram @tate.
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