Paperback
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
ISBN: 9780500291092
Dimensions: 28 x 24 x 2
Pages: 256
Exploring everything from ghosts and gravity to relics and the unconscious, Cornelia Parker transforms everyday, ordinary objects into compelling works of art. Her wide-ranging practice touches on the fragility of human experience and is rich with visual and literary allusions.
In this book, Parker takes the reader on a personal tour through her works. Beginning with the small-scale sculptures she made as a student, it includes her work in lead and plaster, silver and gold, alongside drawings, photographs, video pieces and installations. The book features thematic essays by Iwona Blazwick, contextualising the artist's work and pointing to her key influences and interests, from abstraction and performance to archaeology and psychoanalysis. It also features a foreword by Yoko Ono and an introduction by curator Bruce Ferguson.
In this book, Parker takes the reader on a personal tour through her works. Beginning with the small-scale sculptures she made as a student, it includes her work in lead and plaster, silver and gold, alongside drawings, photographs, video pieces and installations. The book features thematic essays by Iwona Blazwick, contextualising the artist's work and pointing to her key influences and interests, from abstraction and performance to archaeology and psychoanalysis. It also features a foreword by Yoko Ono and an introduction by curator Bruce Ferguson.
