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Kathryn Briggs ‘The Sun, the Moon, and Me (Animals don’t have identity crisises)’ £60 each/£150 all “This piece is about ecology and identity; the animals behave naturally, without self-doubt, the splatters of tea reflecting their inherent ability to exist freely while the human figure is encased in her best guess of naturalness, her expression one of sadness and uncertainty. By using the hare, a traditional symbol for the Moon, and the stag, a traditional symbol for the Sun, the piece also invokes questions of gender identity, as the human figure is uncertainly placed between representations of female and male sexuality.”