Anthony Stevens British, b. 1978
Wild Drinkers, 2025
Hand embroidery on hand stitched mixed textile collage
34 x 28 cm
'This piece is about drinking alcohol. It is based on the memory of a wild day watching a band record at a studio way back in the 90’s. The drinks...
"This piece is about drinking alcohol. It is based on the memory of a wild day watching a band record at a studio way back in the 90’s. The drinks of choice back then were a cheap wine (I am using the word wine loosely) called Tiger Milk and snake bites. (cider and lager mixed)
I am interested in how alcohol can be used to access perhaps more wild parts of our personalities and psyches and bring to the front more primal behaviour. And of course, like snakes and tigers, if messed with too much, alcohol can bite back in many different ways!"
I am interested in how alcohol can be used to access perhaps more wild parts of our personalities and psyches and bring to the front more primal behaviour. And of course, like snakes and tigers, if messed with too much, alcohol can bite back in many different ways!"