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Fiona Banner

Shy Nude, 2007

Description

Maker

  • Fiona Banner, b. 1966, English

Title

Shy Nude

Year

2007

Medium

Graphite on paper with spray paint and aluminum frame

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • paint

Supports

  • paper

Dimensions

Frame: 128.3 x 88.3 cm (50 1/2 x 34 3/4 inches)

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Drawings and Watercolors

Credit

Richard Brown Baker Fund for Contemporary British Art

Object Number

2009.11

Projects & Publications

Publications

Manual / Issue 5

Unfinished
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Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Made in the UK

September 23, 2011 - January 8, 2012

Banner undermines expectations by presenting this framed work on the floor with what seems like the back side facing the viewer. Its title, “Shy Nude,” teases us by suggesting an image on the other side. In fact, there is a drawing on the other side describing a nude. She works traditionally from a model in the studio, transcribing the pose and body in the most explicit detail—but in words rather than image. In doing so, Banner subverts our expectations, again. Perhaps the most surprising aspect of the work is that the writing is visually compelling. The weight of her pencil even creates a ghostly figurative image through the center of the text.

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The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in Copyright. This object is Shy Nude with the accession number of 2009.11. To request high-resolution files or new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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