FIONA BANNER AKA THE VANITY PRESS
Nought Poem, 2018
Merlin helicopter blade, paint
177 x 40 cm
69.7 x 15.7 in
69.7 x 15.7 in
Fiona Banner has long been fascinated by military aircraft, finding them at once beautiful and horrifying, almost ‘prehistoric, from a time before words’. This relation to language and conflict underpins...
Fiona Banner has long been fascinated by military aircraft, finding them at once beautiful and horrifying, almost ‘prehistoric, from a time before words’. This relation to language and conflict underpins much of her work as does the idea of the ‘one-off’ publication registered by ISBN numbers. These unique works are editions only of themselves, editions of one, a book reduced to a reference.
Sunset Poem is made from a military helicopter blade to which the artist has given an ISBN number as if it were a publication. The number is transcribed in words partly using the NATO Phonetic Alphabet.
Sunset Poem is made from a military helicopter blade to which the artist has given an ISBN number as if it were a publication. The number is transcribed in words partly using the NATO Phonetic Alphabet.