Tate’s Planes

I was at the private opening of the Turner Prize a month or so ago and I was so disappointed by the standard of the exhibited short list that I forgot I’d taken these photos of Fiona Banner’s Jaguar and Harrier fighter planes, beautifully suspended in the halls of Tate Britain. They really struck me as such powerful objects,  man-made killing machines and yet as displayed here they have a primal quality, like a majestic fallen bird or a prehistoric animal.  They’ll be there until 3rd January, go and see them if you can.