| Description |
Cornelia Parker's Avoided Object of a different kind, documents her exhibition at Chapter. Parker describes her work as 'exploded views', 'cartoon deaths' and 'inhaling - exhaling'. These descriptions operate as shorthand for the complexities in her working process.
The title Avoided Object is suggestive of the intricate web of unlikely associations from which her work emerges. She is interested in the relationship of, for example, the monumental moment - blowing up a shed, driving a steam roller over hundreds of sliver-plated objects, to the slightest of things such as dust from Freud's couch, or the grooves on a record once owned by Hitler. Each of these examples seems imbued with layers of meaning and associations that are retained and compounded over time, appearing within several works.
With over thirty illustrations, three essays and an interview with Parker, this much sought-after publication is an essential read on one of the UK's most important artists. |