Naked Witch: An Autobiography

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These ‘wordscapes’ define the shapes and forms of the body as well as fleeting moments such as the tension in a second of shared eye contact, or a nervous finger tapping. The contributing artists were Fiona Banner, Michael Craig-Martin, Martin Creed, Tracey Emin, Anthea Hamilton, Howard Hodgkin, Gary Hume, Sarah Morris, Chris Ofili, Bridget Riley, Bob and Roberta Smith and Rachel Whiteread.

For the past few years Banner has been producing one-off publications as part of a series about the way ideas are represented and circulated. Banner is fascinated with how within the life class there is often ‘a frisson of subdued sexuality – an excitement about how to formalise an act that would normally be very intimate and very erotic: looking for a long time, very intensely, at a naked person. These 'wordscapes' define the shapes and forms of the body as well as fleeting moments such as the tension in a second of shared eye contact, or a nervous finger tapping. Fiona Banner creates nude studies from life, by transcribing physical scenarios into verbal descriptions.Often using parts of military aircraft as the support for these descriptions, Banner juxtaposes the brutal and the sensual, performing an almost complete cycle of intimacy and alienation.

Fiona Allison’s has over a million followers and is best known for her sexy exotic photos and videos. But then the very way we look at all art, the way we treat artworks, the way we present them, is itself erotic. The sculpture is cast from the rendered aluminium fuselage of a Tornado jet fighter – one of the most effective military aircraft of the past 30 years and aptly named after a destructive force of nature. Preserved by King Tom's lens, this print transports us back to a time when famous people like Fiona Richmond dared to challenge societal expectations with their unapologetic authenticity.For Banner, bells signify the simplest form of communication – an instrument that requires no music; a language without words, yet with multiple and conflicting meanings.