Tate work puts law to test

Last Modified: 15 Jan 2007
By: Nicholas Glass

Mark Wallinger's new Tate Britain installation tests the boundaries of freedom - and legality.

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State Britain, a new exhibition at Tate Britain by contemporary artist Mark Wallinger, is an exact replica of peace protester Brian Haw's camp, a fixture in Parliament Square for five years.

Highly political and highly topical, the installation features every detail of his makeshift protest, down to the tea-making area and well-wishers' messages.

Wallinger's work tests the boundaries of freedom of speech and civil liberties.

But it may also test the boundaries of the law, as it sits within the exclusion zone around Parliament Square that bans such protests.

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