Fiona Banner and Peter Voss-Knude explore military and corporate imagery in Zurich exhibition
From October 7 to December 2, 2017, Last Tango in Zurich showcased the works of Fiona Banner and Peter Voss-Knude. Banner's mural WpWpWp (2014–17) illustrated helicopter blades, while her Nose Art (2015) highlighted the noses of Harrier jets. In collaboration with war photographer Paolo Pellegrin, she created portraits of London for her 2015 adaptation of Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness, offering a critique of the British establishment. Voss-Knude's charcoal piece One Statue, Two Eyes (2017) portrayed Menelaus from The Iliad, and his Male Version of a Sports Bra (2014) included a bronze jockstrap. Banner also exhibited Spooning Chairs (2015) and Pinstripe Bum Face (2015), while Voss-Knude contributed two pencil drawings from 2011 and He Weaves (2009–17), showcasing their differing themes.
Key facts
- Exhibition dates: October 7 – December 2, 2017
- Venue: Last Tango, Zurich
- Featured artists: Fiona Banner and Peter Voss-Knude
- Banner's mural WpWpWp (2014–17) dominated the exhibition space
- Banner collaborated with war photographer Paolo Pellegrin through Archive of Modern Conflict commission
- Voss-Knude presented nearly four-meter-wide charcoal drawing One Statue, Two Eyes (2017)
- Both artists had separate small spaces within the exhibition
- Exhibition reviewed in ArtReview's December 2017 issue
Entities
Artists
- Fiona Banner
- Peter Voss-Knude
- Paolo Pellegrin
- Joseph Conrad
- Allen Jones
- Homer
- Menelaus
- Patroclus
Institutions
- Last Tango
- Archive of Modern Conflict
- ArtReview
- Peter & The Danish Defence
Locations
- Zurich
- Switzerland
- London
- United Kingdom
- City of London
- Florence
- Italy