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Cornelia Parker

Cornelia Parker

1956

WA-00012562

SculptureContemporaryInstallation Art

Representation

None documented

0

Institutional Exhibitions

23

Works in Collection

26

Assets Indexed

2

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

80%

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ441501

Field Verification (2 fields)

1 cross-verified · 1 single-source

Birth yearArtsy· 85%✓
NationalityArtsy· 85%

Source Registry (1)

MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/8133
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

About

Why this artist matters now

Cornelia Parker is a British sculptor who dismantles, explodes, and reconstitutes found objects and historical materials to expose concealed narratives and violence. Working across sculpture, installation, and video, she examines how material traces carry memory and trauma, staging interventions that probe catastrophe, mortality, and the spaces between absence and presence. Her practice employs destruction and reconstruction as deliberate strategies to unsettle conventional readings of form and temporal sequence.

Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 1mo ago

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Movement

Contemporary

Medium

Sculpture

Related Artists

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Institutional

Museum Collections

Museum of Modern ArtNew York Victoria and Albert Museum Tate

Canonical record

Artworks (23)

Four Silver Candlesticks

Four Silver Candlesticks

2015 · Photograph

Victoria and Albert Museum

Broken Tureen

2015 · Photograph

Victoria and Albert Museum

Spent Bulb Exposed by a Live One

Spent Bulb Exposed by a Live One

Victoria and Albert Museum

Black Ice

Victoria and Albert Museum

2011 · Silver-plate and tinned copper wire

5 in. above floor and approx. 10 ¼ in. deep x 162 ½ in. long when installed

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Blue Room

2008 · Lithograph on paper

image: 238 x 230 mm

Engagement Ring Drawing (As Long as it Lasted), reclaimed gold engagement ring drawn into wire, scratches on glass made by a diamond

Engagement Ring Drawing (As Long as it Lasted), reclaimed gold engagement ring drawn into wire, scratches on glass made by a diamond

2002 · Gold wire and diamond-scratched glass

24 3/4 x 24 3/4

Museum of Modern Art

The Spider that Died in the Tower of London

The Spider that Died in the Tower of London

2000 · Digital print on paper

support: 302 x 404 mm

From ‘A River Seen from a Hill’ circa 1840, JMW Turner, N05475, Tate Collection

From ‘A River Seen from a Hill’ circa 1840, JMW Turner, N05475, Tate Collection

1998 · Canvas lining with ingrained dust and ink

support: 1077 x 1077 mm frame: 1078 x 1078 x 35 mm

From ‘Seascape with Distant Coast’ circa 1840, JMW Turner, N05516, Tate Collection

From ‘Seascape with Distant Coast’ circa 1840, JMW Turner, N05516, Tate Collection

1998 · Canvas lining with ingrained dust and ink

support: 1194 x 1508 mm frame: 1510 x 1194 x 35 mm

From ‘Venetian Scene’ circa 1840-5, JMW Turner, N05482, Tate Collection

From ‘Venetian Scene’ circa 1840-5, JMW Turner, N05482, Tate Collection

1998 · Canvas lining with ingrained dust and ink

support: 840 x 873 mm frame: 1053 x 1075 x 35 mm

From ‘Scene in Venice’ circa 1840-5, JMW Turner, N05488, Tate Collection

From ‘Scene in Venice’ circa 1840-5, JMW Turner, N05488, Tate Collection

1998 · Canvas lining with ingrained dust and ink

support: 903 x 1210 mm frame: 1210 x 905 x 35 mm

From ‘Mountain Landscape’ circa 1840-5, JMW Turner, N05486, Tate Collection

From ‘Mountain Landscape’ circa 1840-5, JMW Turner, N05486, Tate Collection

1998 · Canvas lining with ingrained dust and ink

support: 988 x 1258 mm frame: 1259 x 998 x 35 mm

From ‘Mountain Scene with Lake and Hut’ circa 1840-5, JMW Turner, N05476, Tate Collection

From ‘Mountain Scene with Lake and Hut’ circa 1840-5, JMW Turner, N05476, Tate Collection

1998 · Canvas lining with ingrained dust and ink

support: 1005 x 1242 mm frame: 1243 x 1005 x 35 mm

Meteorite Lands on the Houses of Parliament

1998 · Maple boxed framed map

frame composition 21 3/16 x 27 1/16" (53.8 x 68.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Measuring Niagara with a Teaspoon

Measuring Niagara with a Teaspoon

1997 · Glass, wire, card and wood

displayed: 630 x 630 x 41 mm, 8.2 kg

Pornographic Drawing

Pornographic Drawing

1996 · Ferric oxide on paper

support: 560 x 560 mm

Pornographic Drawing

Pornographic Drawing

1996 · Ferric oxide on paper

image: 560 x 560 mm frame: 630 x 630 x 41 mm

Pornographic Drawing

Pornographic Drawing

1996 · Ferric oxide on paper

image: 560 x 560 mm frame: 630 x 630 x 41 mm

Pornographic Drawing

Pornographic Drawing

1996 · Ferric oxide on paper

image: 560 x 560 mm frame: 630 x 630 x 41 mm

Object That Fell off the White Cliffs of Dover

Object That Fell off the White Cliffs of Dover

1992 · Silver teapot

displayed: 120 x 225 x 200 mm

Cold Dark Matter: An Exploded View

Cold Dark Matter: An Exploded View

1991 · Wood, metal, plastic, ceramic, paper, textile and wire

unconfirmed: 4000 x 5000 x 5000 mm

Thirty Pieces of Silver

Thirty Pieces of Silver

1988 · Silver and copper wire

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Artwork sources (4)

23 published of 25 catalogued · 22 with image

Tate
16 published16 img
Victoria & Albert
4 published4 img
MoMA
2 publishedof 4 catalogued2 img
The Met
1 published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 10)

10 entries · 1 sources

The Blue Room
2008 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
The Spider that Died in the Tower of London
2000 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
From ‘Scene in Venice’ circa 1840-5, JMW Turner, N05488, Tate Collection
1998 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Pornographic Drawing
1996 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Object That Fell off the White Cliffs of Dover
1992 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
From ‘A River Seen from a Hill’ circa 1840, JMW Turner, N05475, Tate Collection
1998 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Pornographic Drawing
1996 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
From ‘Venetian Scene’ circa 1840-5, JMW Turner, N05482, Tate Collection
1998 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
From ‘Mountain Scene with Lake and Hut’ circa 1840-5, JMW Turner, N05476, Tate Collection
1998 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Measuring Niagara with a Teaspoon
1997 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

Record

Images

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Artsy

Relationships

6

Movements2

Contemporary Installation Art

Collections4

Museum of Modern Art Victoria and Albert Museum Tate Phillips

Institutional

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In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

Victoria and Albert Museum

In collection

Tate

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