Saturated with humour and wit, as well as an uncanny, macabre quality that channels his longstanding interest in myth and folklore, Baldock has an ongoing focus on the contrast between the material qualities of ceramic and fabric in his work. Concerned with removing the functional aspects of the materials he uses, the artist instead works in a performative way through his sculptural assemblages, bringing the viewer, the object and the space they simultaneously occupy into question as a theatrical or ritualistic act. 'Alexandra', 2008 is part of a wider group of theatrical and darkly humorous sculptural busts, which are often influenced by traditions of folklore and ritual. Both sinister and striking, Baldock looks at the nature of beauty and celebrity, memorialising his fictional deities with elaborate hair styles and costumes.