Research－Cornela Parker
My class note key words about her work is risk，danger，confidence. One of the top two pictures is her picture, one is her work－The Distance (A Kiss With String Attached), 2003.
She (born 1956) is an English sculptor and installation artist. Notable work Cold, Dark Matter: An Exploded View (1991) The Maybe (1995)
“ I resurrect things that have been killed off... My work is all about the potential of materials — even when it looks like they've lost all possibilities.[7] ” artseensoho.com Retrieved March 20, 2006
Parker is best known for large-scale installations such as Cold Dark Matter: An Exploded View (1991) （which has been shown to us from teacher）– first shown at the Chisenhale Gallery in Bow, East London[2] – for which she had a garden shed blown up by the British Army and suspended the fragments as if suspending the explosion process in time. In the centre was a light which cast the shadows of the wood dramatically on the walls of the room.[3] This inspired an orchestral composition of the same name by Joo Yeon Sir.
She has made other interventions involving historical artworks. For example, she wrapped Rodin's The Kiss sculpture in Tate Britain with a mile of string (2003).[5] as her contribution to the 2003 Tate Triennial Days Like These at Tate Britain . The intervention was titled The Distance (A Kiss With String Attached). She re-staged this intervention as part of her mid-career retrospective at the Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, in 2015. Subconscious of a Monument (2005) is composed of fragments of dry soil, which are suspended on wires from the gallery ceiling. These lumps are the now-desiccated clay which was removed from beneath the Leaning Tower of Pisa in order to prevent its collapse.[6]
In my opinion, her works are full of tension and explosive force, I can feel her dedication to the arts through her works.This is where I need to learn.Because of her, once again aroused my love of sculpture and installation.
