Cornelia Parker at Tate Britain

I first experience the work of Cornelia Parker as part of the 1997 Turner Prize exhibition at Tate Britain, where I was mesmerised by her installation ‘Cold Dark Matter: An Exploded View‘. 25 years later the Tate have a wonderful retrospective of Parker’s work and some of her major installations, including the piece that was…

Transitional Object (Murder Barn)

‘Transitional object’ is a term borrowed from developmental psychology describing things like comfort blankets that children adopt as mother-substitutes, as props to test reality.’  Sam Jacob With art galleries and museums closed all over the country, and indeed all over the world, I am using this as an opportunity to go through my photo library…

Found – An Exhibition curated by Cornelia Parker

Watching DANGER! Cornelia Parker, the imagine profile, again last night, I was reminded what a talented and imaginative artist Cornelia Parker is. And this wonderful program just reinforced my respect for the woman herself. The show touches on Found, her curated show at the Foundling Museum, London, but also looks at the process and creation…