Fiona Banner aka The Vanity PressDISARM FLAGS16.06. - 22.06.2025
Parcours, Basel

The artist describes this piece as ‘a gravity defiant concrete poem – which is actually more fluid than concrete’. Originally props from Banner’s film DISARM (portrait) 2023, the tattooed body parts are animated by the wind and perhaps destined for the water, as they summon a surreal sense of desire, conflict, and lost aspiration. Banner reimagines the bridge itself as a runway or performance space, along which citizens and visitors to Art Basel cross and re-cross in an endless parade. The artist often plays with the notion of the ‘runway’ as a site for aircraft as well as a theatrical fashion space. The images on the flags blur the boundaries between life and lifelikeness, naturalness and artificiality; in an age of digital modification on social media, the mannequin seems an obtusely analogue stand-in for the human body.

In collaboration with Frith Street Gallery.