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Lot #1 Live Auction Fiona Banner Selected Biography

Much of Fiona Banner’s work explores 1966 Born in Merseyside, Fiona the problems and possibilities of written Lives and works in London Banner language. Her early work took the form of 2012 Unboxing, The Greatest Film Never Made, a solo ‘wordscapes’ or ‘still films’: blow-by-blow exhibition at 1301PE Gallery, Los Angeles, USA The Complete Text 2010 The Duveen Galleries Commission, a solo exhibition accounts written in her own words of feature at Britain, London — The Naked Ear, a solo of Snoopy’s Novel films, (whose subjects range from war to exhibition at Frith Street Gallery, London porn) or sequences of events. These pieces 2008 That Was Then… This Is Now, a group exhibition – All the Way Down at MoMA, New York

2012 took the form of solid single blocks of text, 2007 The Bastard Word, a solo exhibition at Power Plant, Screen print, graphite and often the same shape and size as a cinema Toronto, CA paint on paper (unique work) 110.5 x 74.5 cm screen. Banner’s current work encompasses sculpture, drawing and installation but text 2002 Short-listed for , UK £5,000–£7,000 1998 Art Now Room, a solo exhibition at Tate Gallery, is still at the heart of her practice. London Estimate This work references the 1966 pop hit Her work is part of many collections including Snoopy Vs The Red Baron. Shortly after Contemporary Art at Penguin, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York , The Baron first appeared in Schultz’s New York and The Arts Council of England, and cartoon, the Florida based band The Tate Galleries Royal Guardsmen, released their song and Snoopy’s owners promptly sued. Banner references the combative relations between Snoopy and his nemesis, and the heavy- handed copyright issues surrounding creative ownership.

A new work generously donated by the artist 11 Image courtesy the artist. Photography by Dan Weill