Currently browsing tag

Cornelia Parker

Cornelia Parker

Cornelia Parker (14/7/1956- )

Cornelia Parker (14/7/1956- ) is well known for her large scale, often site specific, installations. Her engagement with the fragility of existence and the transformation of matter is exemplified in two key works “Dark Matter” a cartoon-like reconstruction of an exploded army shed, and “Heart of Darkness” the formal arrangement …

Cornelia Parker, Cold Dark Matter: An Exploded View, 1991. Installation view, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, 2019. Blown up garden shed and contents, wire, light bulb. Tate: Presented by the Patrons of New Art (Special Purchase Fund) through the Tate Gallery Foundation 1995. Image courtesy the artist, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia and Frith Street Gallery, London. Photograph: Anna Kučera

ART-PRESENTATION: Cornelia Parker

One of the most important artists working today, Cornelia Parker is known for her transformation of everyday objects into unexpected, haunting scenarios …