Talk
‘Avoiding the Object’ with artist Cornelia Parker, O.B.E.
26 Jun 2018
Cost of entry
Full Price £10
Friend of the Freud Museum £7
Student with valid ID £7
Address
- 20 Maresfield Gardens
- Hampstead
- London
England - NW3 5SX
- United Kingdom
Travel Information
- Finchley Road
- Nearest tube: Finchley Road, 5 min walk from Museum
- Finchley Road & Frognal , 5 min walk from Museum
Artist Cornelia Parker, OBE, will talk about her work in relation to the themes of loss and creativity.
About
The third in the series of talks ‘On Loss and Creativity’, which coincide with the exhibition Breathe by artists Fay Ballard and Judy Goldhill.
“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.”
Cornelia Parker
Cornelia Parker is well known for her large scale, often site-specific, installations. Her engagement with the fragility of existence and the transformation of matter is exemplified in two key works: Dark Matter, a cartoon-like reconstruction of an exploded army shed, and Heart of Darkness, the formal arrangement of charred remains from a forest fire. 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.
