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Mark Wallinger: ponies, politics and a police box

Mark Wallinger: Mark Wallinger
Time and Relative Dimensions in Space (2001), a life-size mirrored model of the Tardis from Doctor Who
Photograph: Courtesy of the artist and Anthony Reynolds gallery, London
Mark Wallinger: Mark Wallinger
White Horse (2008), expected to be Britain's largest sculpture, will appear near the A2 in Kent at an as-yet-undisclosed date
Photograph: Courtesy of the artist and Anthony Reynolds gallery, London
Wallinger: Wallinger
Sleeper (2004), a video installation for which Wallinger spent several hours wandering around a Berlin art gallery dressed as a bear Photograph: Copyright the artist, Courtesy Anthony Reynolds Gallery, London
Mark Wallinger: Mark Wallinger
Self Portrait, Freehand 2 (2007)
Photograph: Courtesy of the artist and Anthony Reynolds gallery, London
Mark Wallinger: Mark Wallinger
Mark (2010), chosen as the cover picture for Martin Herbert's monograph
Photograph: Courtesy of the artist and Anthony Reynolds gallery, London
Mark Wallinger: Mark Wallinger
State Britain (2007) – the installation for which Wallinger won the Turner prize in 2007 – is a faithful recreation of Brian Haw's anti-war display outside parliament
Photograph: Dave Morgan/Courtesy of the artist and Anthony Reynolds gallery, London
Mark Wallinger: Mark Wallinger
State Britain (2007) from another angle
Photograph: Dave Morgan/Courtesy of the artist and Anthony Reynolds gallery, London
Mark Wallinger: Mark Wallinger
Ghost (2001), a life-size image of Stubbs's Whistlejacket (1762) – in negative with a unicorn horn
Photograph: Courtesy of the artist and Anthony Reynolds gallery, London
Mark Wallinger: Mark Wallinger
According to Mark (2010)
Photograph: Courtesy of the artist and Anthony Reynolds gallery, London
Mark Wallinger: Mark Wallinger
Ecce Homo (1999). Wallinger says his Christ figure on Trafalgar Square's fourth plinth was not meant to be irreverent: 'I wanted to show him as an ordinary human being ... I think he has a place here in front of all these oversize imperial symbols'
Photograph: John Riddy/Courtesy of the artist and Anthony Reynolds gallery, London
Mark Wallinger: Mark Wallinger
Mark (2010). On being asked to create an image that said something about the current state of art, this was Wallinger's reply
Photograph: Courtesy of the artist and Anthony Reynolds gallery, London
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