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In her new solo exhibition Tea Party, Ronit Baranga’s sculptures turn into living things; wild, untamed and evocative. An innocent child’s tea party gives way to a more complex scene: The girl – freeing her unruly spirit – her inner world projected on the objects surrounding her. The tea set – a symbol of civilised adult ritual – is marching in a mad parade. The baby, innocence aside, squashes a teapot and cup to a painful point. It could be the fragile nature or life-like quality of the sculptures – but something about Baranga’s works is ever vulnerable, sometimes fearsome, and always …