Ambushed by Cake

Ceramic sculpture depicting Boris Johnson being attacked by his birthday cake.

While the country was locked down during the Covid outbreak, we later discovered that some in Government, including senior ministers, were not sticking to the rules imposed on the rest of us. In an attempt to dismiss people’s concerns many Conservative MPs started to make excuses for the staff and ministers attending these gatherings, including Conor Burns MP who claimed that Boris Johnson had been “… ambushed with a cake”. This sculpture lampoons the hypocrisy of a Government behaving as if it’s above the rules it sets everyone else.

Ambushed by Cake was shortlisted for the 6th John Ruskin Prize in 2024.

Dimensions approximately:  26 x 18 x 22 cm. Weight 3.1 kg

Media: Clay, glaze