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'Drawing of a lapwing', Cornelia Parker, 1974, pencil on paper, © Artist
Talk
Cornelia Parker in conversation with Rachel Campbell-Johnston
29 Jan 2025
Regular hours
- Wed, 29 Jan
- 19:00 – 21:00
Free admission
Address
- 19-22 Charlotte Road
- London
England - EC22A 3SG
- United Kingdom
Travel Information
- The nearest underground station is Old Street (Northern Line City Branch). The School is a five-minute walk away. The school is a ten-minute walk or a five-minute taxi or bus ride from Liverpool Street (Central, District, Circle, Metropolitan and Hammersmith and City lines).
- The nearest mainline station is Liverpool Street. Kings Cross and Euston are 2 and 3 stops away on Northern line. There are also overland trains to Old Street and Moorgate, both within walking distance.
Join us in person or online for an insightful discussion between renowned artist Cornelia Parker CBE RA and former chief art critic at The Times, Rachel Campbell-Johnston.
About
The conversation will explore the role of drawing in Parker's diverse practice, which spans sculpture, installation, embroidery, photography, and film. This conversation is a unique opportunity to gain a deeper understanding of the creative process behind one of the UK’s most influential contemporary artists.
This conversation is the first in a suite of Creative Conversations designed to celebrate 25 years of the Royal Drawing School in 2025.
- Cornelia Parker, born in Cheshire, England, in 1956, studied at Gloucestershire College of Art & Design, Wolverhampton Polytechnic, and earned her MA in Fine Art from the University of Reading in 1982.
Her work explores themes of destruction, transformation, and reconfiguration. Known for using intense methods like shooting, exploding, and burning, Parker transforms objects while actively engaging in their evolving story.
Her work is part of major collections worldwide, including Tate, the Centre Pompidou, and the Museum of Modern Art. Parker was shortlisted for the Turner Prize in 1997 and became a Royal Academy of Arts member in 2010. In 2022, she was named Commander of the Order of the British Empire for her contributions to the arts. She has also been commissioned to create works for King Charles III’s coronation in 2023.
- Rachel Campbell-Johnston was chief art critic for The Times newspaper for 20 years. During her tenure at The Times, she was also a leader writer and obituarist. She has a PhD in poetry, she has worked for several years as a shepherd, lived in El Salvador and the Amazon rainforest and is the author of, among other things, a biography of the painter Samuel Palmer and a prize-winning young-adults book about child-soldiers and elephants. She now lives on and runs a small farm on Exmoor and writes journalism and books.
Online and in person tickets available, click "Event website" to book now.
