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Mark Wallinger

born 1959

The Underworld 2004
© Mark Wallinger; FLYING OVER THE ABYSS | Η ΥΠΕΡΒΑΣΗ ΤΗΣ ΑΒΥΣΣΟΣ Athens Conservatoire 18.11.2016 – 29.01.2017 Photo credits Installation view Photography © Nikos Markou, Courtesy NEON
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Biography

Mark Wallinger (born 25 May 1959) is an English artist. Having previously been nominated for the Turner Prize in 1995, he won in 2007 for his installation State Britain. His work Ecce Homo (1999–2000) was the first piece to occupy the empty fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square. He represented Britain at the Venice Biennale in 2001. Labyrinth (2013), a permanent commission for Art on the Underground, was created to celebrate 150 years of the London Underground. In 2018, the permanent work Writ in Water was realized for the National Trust to celebrate where Magna Carta was signed at Runnymede.

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Artworks

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  • King Edward and the Colorado Beetle

    Mark Wallinger
    2000
  • Half-Brother (Exit to Nowhere - Machiavellian)

    Mark Wallinger
    1994–5
    On display at Tate Britain part of Historic and Modern British Art
  • Angel

    Mark Wallinger
    1997
  • Prometheus

    Mark Wallinger
    1999
  • Hymn

    Mark Wallinger
    1997
  • Sleeper

    Mark Wallinger
    2004
  • Ghost

    Mark Wallinger
    2001
  • Where There’s Muck

    Mark Wallinger
    1985
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  • Angel

    Mark Wallinger
    1997
  • Hymn

    Mark Wallinger
    1997

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