Fiona Banner- Tate Britain

The interplay between art and design is clearly visible when looking at her work, a piece of design, designed to kill with little aesthetic thought in mind being put into a gallery such as the Tate makes you see the work as a piece of art. When I initially saw the piece I was struck by the scale of the work, the angles, and the beauty of the piece. Yet after a quick coffee, coming back to look at the work it made me think- is it wrong to look at such a deadly piece of design as a beautiful piece of art??? Never the less upon seeing this work it also made me think of the idea of context, if one sees a plane like these in a war you do not see them as art,  you see them in a negative way and generally the mood they portray is that of sincerity and coldness. Yet when one views them within the Tate Britain the mood is warmer, within the confines of the magnificent Tate building and moreover you see them as art and a fascinating piece of work- perhaps even admiring their presence and historical value. In conclusion seeing this work it makes you think, and upon looking round at the rest of the audience within the gallery it definately got a reaction and I think that this is what Banner was going for!