Cornelia Parker
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The Roof Garden Commission
Beatrice Galilee and Sheena Wagstaff
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Turner Prize–nominated British artist Cornelia Parker (b. 1956) is well known for her large-scale, site-specific installations. Her work has been featured in many solo exhibitions and is included in collections around the world. Often composed of ordinary objects, her installations make the familiar extraordinary, whimsical, and even poignant. Her work for the 2016 Roof Garden Commission at the Metropolitan Museum, documented here, merges two iconic examples of American architecture: the red barn and the infamous mansion on a hill from Alfred Hitchcock’s movie Psycho – itself inspired by the paintings of Edward Hopper. The resulting piece is brilliantly allusive, exploring the tension between the tropes represented by these two cultural symbols. This slim volume includes an interview with the artist in which she eloquently illuminates her work and influences.
Published by The Metropolitan Museum of Art / Distributed by Yale University Press
Exhibition Schedule:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
(4/19/16–10/31/16)
Beatrice Galilee is Daniel Brodsky Associate Curator of Architecture and Design and Sheena Wagstaff is Leonard A. Lauder Chairman, both in the Department of Modern and Contemporary Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
EXHIBITION SCHEDULE
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
(4/19/16–10/31/16)
ISBN: 9781588395931
Publication Date: May 10, 2016
Publishing Partner: Published by The Metropolitan Museum of Art / Distributed by Yale University Press
Publication Date: May 10, 2016
Publishing Partner: Published by The Metropolitan Museum of Art / Distributed by Yale University Press
64 pages, 4 1/4 x 7 5/16
55 color illus.
55 color illus.
