Artist Fiona Banner's breathtaking exhibition at Tate Britain entitled 'Harrier and Jaguar' exhibits two former RAF fighter jets - a BAe Sea Harrier (ZE695) and a Sepecat Jaguar (XZ118).
Like oversized Airfix models, the Harrier is suspended from the ceiling with feathers tattooed on to its flying surfaces while the highly-polished Jaguar has been turned on its back as if a carcass.
They may be machines of war but also have the personalities of hanging or submissive...
more »Artist Fiona Banner's breathtaking exhibition at Tate Britain entitled 'Harrier and Jaguar' exhibits two former RAF fighter jets - a BAe Sea Harrier (ZE695) and a Sepecat Jaguar (XZ118).
Like oversized Airfix models, the Harrier is suspended from the ceiling with feathers tattooed on to its flying surfaces while the highly-polished Jaguar has been turned on its back as if a carcass.
They may be machines of war but also have the personalities of hanging or submissive birds or beasts, nudes or totems, provoking the idea of body and machine in intimate confrontation.
Fiona Banner's web site:
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