Frith Street Gallery

b. 1956, Cheshire, England

For some years Cornelia Parker’s work has been concerned with formalising things beyond our control, containing the volatile and making it into something that is quiet and contemplative like the ‘eye of the storm’. She is fascinated with processes in the world that mimic cartoon ‘deaths’ – steamrollering, shooting full of holes, falling from cliffs and explosions. Through a combination of visual and verbal allusions her work triggers cultural metaphors and personal associations, which allow the viewer to witness the transformation of the most ordinary objects into something compelling and extraordinary. Lately Parker’s attention has turned to issues of globalisation, consumerism and the mass-media.

• 2010 Doubtful Sound, a solo exhibition at Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead
• 2008 Latent News, a solo exhibition at Frith Street Gallery
• 2007 – 2008 Never Endings, a touring solo exhibition at IKON, Birmingham; Museo De Arte de Lima, Peru
• 2001 a solo exhibition at GAM, Galleria Civica D’Arte Moderna, Turin
• 2000 a solo exhibition at ICA Boston

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