Cornelia Parker RA: Being and Un-being

Cornelia Parker RA:
Being and Un-being


This display presents Cornelia Parker RA’s polymer gravure etchings from four series: Thirty Pieces of Silver Exposed, One Day This Glass Will Break, Fox Talbot’s Articles of Glass and Through a Glass Darkly.

Elected to the Academy as a sculptor, Parker is best known for her large-scale, often site-specific installations where she explores the fragility of existence and the transformation of matter. Here, she translates this through print. Showcasing her continued involvement with materials like silver and glass, these works use antique objects and vintage photographic negatives to expose layers of time. 

On show in The Academicians' Room until 3 March 2024.

 

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"It’s about recording something durational, compressing time. I’m chronicling a moment  in transition where the prints become a physical trace. I’m interested in the margins of things,  the imperfections, the undersides, the verso, capturing the shadows of these small entities; Mining ordinary everyday objects to unleash catalysts for thought."

 

- Cornelia Parker RA

24 Items

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  1. Beautiful Glass (Broken)
    Cornelia Parker RA
    Beautiful Glass (Broken)
    £1,080.00
  2. Silver Jug
    Cornelia Parker RA
    Silver Jug
    £2,600.00
  3. An Enigma
    Cornelia Parker RA
    An Enigma
    £3,900.00
  4. A Few Glasses More
    Cornelia Parker RA
    A Few Glasses More
    £3,900.00
  5. A Shot of Tequila
    Cornelia Parker RA
    A Shot of Tequila
    £3,100.00
  6. Another Shot of Tequilla
    Cornelia Parker RA
    Another Shot of Tequilla
    £2,600.00
  7. Fox Talbot's Articles of Glass (four glasses more)
    Cornelia Parker RA
  8. Fox Talbot's Articles of Glass (four glasses)
    Cornelia Parker RA
  9. Fox Talbot's Articles of Glass (bottoms up)
    Cornelia Parker RA
  10. Broken Jug
    Cornelia Parker RA
    Broken Jug
    £2,600.00
  11. Silver Sugar Bowl
    Cornelia Parker RA
    Silver Sugar Bowl
    £2,600.00
  12. Broken Basket
    Cornelia Parker RA
    Broken Basket
    £2,600.00
  13. Broken Pot
    Cornelia Parker RA
    Broken Pot
    £2,600.00
  14. Coffee Pot Hit by a Monkey Wrench (repaired)
    Cornelia Parker RA
  15. Four Silver Candlesticks
    Cornelia Parker RA
    Four Silver Candlesticks
    £2,600.00
  16. Fox Talbot's Articles of Glass (tagged glasses)
    Cornelia Parker RA
  17. Jugs (Water & Wine)
    Cornelia Parker RA
    Jugs (Water & Wine)
    £2,600.00
  18. Light from the North
    Cornelia Parker RA
    Light from the North
    £3,100.00
  19. Pierced Basket
    Cornelia Parker RA
    Pierced Basket
    £2,600.00
  20. Silver Sauce Tureens
    Cornelia Parker RA
    Silver Sauce Tureens
    £2,600.00
  21. Silver Tankard
    Cornelia Parker RA
    Silver Tankard
    £2,600.00
  22. Silver Tray
    Cornelia Parker RA
    Silver Tray
    £2,600.00
  23. The Price of Salt
    Cornelia Parker RA
    The Price of Salt
    £3,100.00
  24. Two Silver Candlesticks
    Cornelia Parker RA
    Two Silver Candlesticks
    £2,600.00
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