Memento and Orator
Memento and Orator, 2005
Fiona Banner (1966- )
Cast Bronze, Car Paint
Fine Art Ordinance Obligation
Fiona Banner, born and working in England, is a sculptor, painter, photographer, filmmaker, writer, and sometime actor (mostly in her own films and performances). Her highly conceptual work centers around words and language, even when these are not readily evident.
War, weaponry, politics, and sex are prominent among the ongoing themes in her art. In Memento and Orator the identity of either component switches to the other upon closer inspection: which is the object and which is the "speaker"?