Editing Mark Wallinger (section)

== Venice Biennale ==
In 2001, the [[British Council]] revealed that they had selected Mark Wallinger to produce a solo show of new and past artworks for the British Pavilion at the [[49th Venice Biennale]]. The show included sculpture, video, painting, and photography.<ref>{{Cite web |last=British Council |first=UK at the Venice Biennale |title=2001 Mark Wallinger |url=https://venicebiennale.britishcouncil.org/history/2000s/2001-mark-wallinger |website=British Council}}</ref>

Wallinger presented the site-specific work, ''Facade'' (2001), which wrapped the front of the British Pavilion with an identical size replica colour photograph of the Pavilion itself printed on vinyl-coated material attached from scaffolding. In front of the pavilion ''Oxymoron'' (1996) was flying from a flagpole, a flag with the British [[Union Jack]] replaced by green and orange of the Irish flag colours. In addition to ''Angel'' (1997), ''Threshold to the Kingdom'' (2000), ''Life Class'' (2001), ''Ghost'' (2001), and ''Time and Relative Dimensions in Space'' (2001), the sculpture ''Ecce Homo'' (1999-2000), first presented on the [[Fourth plinth, Trafalgar Square|Fourth Plinth]] in Trafalgar Square, in 2000, welcomed visitors into the main gallery.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rugoff |first=Ralph |title=Mark Wallinger: British Pavilion |publisher=The British Council |year=2001 |isbn=0863554806 |pages=5–17}}</ref>

''Ghost'' (2001) continued with Wallinger’s fixation and exploration of British horse racing traditions. It consisted of a negative reproduction image in a [[lightbox]] showing the famous 18th-century oil painting, ''[[Whistlejacket]]'' (c.1762) by [[George Stubbs]], but altered by adding a horn on its head, thus turning it into a [[unicorn]]. In contrast, ''Time and Relative Dimensions in Space'' (2001) referred to the space-traveling machine from the British show Doctor Who. Recreated especially for the biennale, Wallinger delivered a reflective mirrored replica of the famous police box.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mark Wallinger. Ghost |url=https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/wallinger-ghost-t12337 |website=TATE}}</ref>