In this book the artist takes the reader on a personal tour through her works. Beginning with the small-scale sculptures she made as a student, it includes her work in lead and plaster, silver and gold, alongside drawings, photographs, video pieces and installations. Parker?s engaging commentaries describe her adventures with the unlikely institutions that have helped create her art, from the British Army to the Royal Mint, as well as her wide-ranging travels, which have taken her from the funeral parlours of So Paulo to the crown-of-thorn workshops of Bethlehem.
Organized chronologically, the book features thematic essays by Iwona Blazwick, contextualizing the artist?s work and pointing to her key influences and interests, from abstraction and performance to archaeology and psychoanalysis.
The book features a foreword by Yoko Ono and an introduction by curator Bruce Ferguson. Supplemented by an up-to-date biography, bibliography and exhibition history, this is the definitive book on one of the most popular artists of our time.
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Iwona Blazwick has been Director of the Whitechapel Gallery in London since 2003.
Yoko Ono is a globally renowned multimedia artist, singer, songwriter and activist. She married John Lennon in 1969 and became his creative partner and muse. She continues to work to preserve his legacy, funding, among other projects, Strawberry Fields in Manhattan?s Central Park, the IMAGINE PEACE TOWER in Iceland and the ?Imagine There?s No Hunger? campaign.
Cornelia Parker is one of the most original and inventive artists working in Britain today. This comprehensively illustrated book is the first full survey to trace the development of her art from the late 1970s to the present.
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