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		<title>London Photo of the Week: Man Balancing on a Sculpture at More London</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week&#8217;s photo is a perfect shot of More London with City Hall and Tower Bridge in the background. The photo was taken by Last Rounds. The sculpture the man is balacing on is one of five giant full stops ...]]></description>
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<p>This week&#8217;s photo is a perfect shot of More London with City Hall and <a href="http://www.visitlondon.com/attractions/detail/3901803">Tower Bridge</a> in the background. The photo was taken by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lastrounds">Last Rounds</a>. </p>
<p>The sculpture the man is balacing on is one of five giant full stops created by Turner prize nominee artist <a href="http://www.fionabanner.com/">Fiona Banner</a>. Each full stop is inspired by a different typeface. </p>
<p>What&#8217;s your favourite London sculpture? Show us by adding your photos to the <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/visitlondon/">Visit London Flickr group</a>. </p>
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		<title>Fiona Banner creates the 2010 Duveens Commission at London&#8217;s Tate Britain</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 10:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fiona Banner was charged with the enviable task of creating this year&#8217;s Duveens Commission at London&#8217;s Tate Britain &#8211; and she doesn&#8217;t disappoint. During a sneak preview yesterday, I was completely blown-away as two full-scale decommissioned fighter jets filled the ...]]></description>
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<p><a title="Fiona Banner" href="http://www.fionabanner.com/">Fiona Banner</a> was charged with the enviable task of creating this year&#8217;s <a title="Duveens Commission" href="http://www.visitlondon.com/events/detail/7012695">Duveens Commission</a> at London&#8217;s Tate Britain &#8211; and she doesn&#8217;t disappoint.</p>
<p>During a sneak preview yesterday, I was completely blown-away as two full-scale decommissioned fighter jets filled the space in front of me.</p>
<p>As you enter the Tate, you cannot escape the incredible sight of a <a title="Sea Harrier" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BAE_Sea_Harrier">Sea Harrier</a> jet suspended from the ceiling. The nose is positioned inches from the floor, with the wings filling the upper spaces of the gallery. Banner has painted feathers on the wings to mimic the plane&#8217;s name, and it looks like a bird strung-up by its feet, ready to be plucked.</p>
<p>In the North Duveens gallery a <a title="Sepecat Jaguar" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SEPECAT_Jaguar">Sepecat Jaguar</a> plane lays almost helplessly on its back, gleaming with a mirror-like finish.</p>
<blockquote><p>Banner said: &#8220;This work is about how you react rather than a big black and white statement. For instance, that the Jaguar is polished is incredibly important because you see yourself reflected in it. You can&#8217;t detach yourself from the object. Though in some ways it&#8217;s a radical object, it&#8217;s also always a fragmented object because it&#8217;s constantly being animated by the space and whoever&#8217;s looking at it.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>Banner admits to being &#8220;seduced&#8221; by fighter planes and she has often studied these objects in her work &#8211; from drawings to <a title="Airfix models" href="http://www.airfix.com/">Airfix models</a>. She also produced a sculptural piece from the tail fin of a Harrier Jump Jet ten years ago. She said she was fascinated by &#8220;how something that was such a monster could be so beautiful&#8221;.</p>
<blockquote><p>See Fiona Banner&#8217;s Duveens Commission at the <a title="Tate Britain" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/">Tate Britain</a>. Until 3 Jan.</p></blockquote>
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