Once Upon a Time

Location

Country: USA
City: Chicago
Place: British Consulate-General

Fiona Banner was born in Merseyside and completed a BA in Fine Art at Kingston Polytechnic (1986–89). After finishing her MA in Fine Art at Goldsmith’s College (1991–93), she soon established a reputation as an artist who explored social, political and cultural ideas and themes via her text-based works. Examples of her solo exhibitions include 'The Nam' at the Frith Street Gallery, London (1997), a 1000 page flicker book that features a compilation of descriptions of famous films about the Vietnam War; and 'My Plinth is Your Lap', an installation at Dundee Contemporary Arts (2002). She was shortlisted for the Turner Prize in 2003. In 2010, Banner’s work 'Harrier and Jaguar', featuring two fighter planes, was installed in the Duveen galleries at Tate Britain. An exhibition of her films was shown in Edinburgh as part of the Edinburgh Festival 2013. Banner has also exhibited her work around the world including group shows in New York, Los Angeles, Toronto, Berlin and Vienna. She lives and works in London. In 2017, her work was included in 'Age of Terror: Art Since 9/11', a group exhibition at the Imperial War Museum, London.

Places

Subjects

text-based work, fairy tale

Materials & Techniques

etching

Artist

Fiona Banner (1966 - )

Title

Once Upon a Time

Portfolio Title

The House of Fairy Tales

Edition

24/60

Date

2008

Medium

Etching

Dimensions

height: 36.20 cm, width: 30.30 cm

Acquisition

Purchased from The House of Fairy Tales / Livestock Market Ltd., June 2008

Inscription

blind embossed br: FB ; inscribed verso br: F banner 24/60

Provenance

The House of Fairy Tales (trading as Livestock Market Ltd), London

GAC number

18191/1