Missile Marzipan

On day 15 of groving: Silver Spoon, the second of Sandra Lane's seductive sculptures...? toys....? sweeties....? is in the Abbey Gardens, adding to the attractions. The poem written in response is by Ed Arantus. 

To taste you is to want you
To sparkle and to lick you
To see you I desire you
A conflict that can love
But I feel the beat
Of a heart that bursts full of
A sweet snail’s pace arms race 
 
Oh missile marzipan
You fire as fast as you can
Of life's sweetest candy, don’t lose it?
You might never taste me again
 
To taste you is to fear you
I sparkle to be near you
You lick me, and desire me
Sweet kisses saved for two
There you go again
Don’t forget that we are friends
Too late to make amends
 
Ed Arantus

Sandra Lane worked as a journalist and a photographer prior to attending art school. She graduated from BA Fine Art Drawing at Camberwell College of Art in 2013 receiving the Camberwell Acme Studio Award. She completed an MFA Sculpture at the Slade School of Art in 2017 followed by the Slade Summer Residency and the Sydney Nolan Trust Residency. Recent projects include:  Her Mit Projects, February 2020, Collyer Bristow Graduate Award Show, Exceptional, November 2019-February 2020, Trophy,  Simsmith Gallery, July-August 2019,  What Kind of Spirit is This, Simsmith Gallery May-June 2019. Twitter and Instagram @artysandralane www.sandra-lane.com

Ed Arantus is a conceptual artist and writer. He published his first work in the Censored Zine in 2010 and has exhibited his work ever since at venues like the Contemporary Arts Research Unit in Oxford and the Museum of Futures in Surbiton. https://edarantus.blogspot.com; Instagram @edarantus