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What do artists do all day? - Cornelia Parker

  • XIV
  • Nov 3, 2023
  • 1 min read

Updated: May 6, 2024




 

 

  • Won a turner prize

  • The idea of the relic - belonging to people that are dead

  • Tilde as herself in a glass case - sleeping 8 hours a day - relates to all of us living and breathing but subject is absent

  • Would rather call making art something else -puts you on an elevated point which it is not

  • Has become more extroverted in her life so has started exploring the outer world more

  • Tries to explain the materials I use without getting caught up in the bits that aren’t actually art

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  • Duchamp -  sabotage as huge inspiration

  • Naming her work changed the meaning of it it relation two the two lovers

  • Contemplates display ideas with Keith

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  • Made ephemeral work that didn’t last as she didn’t want to invite commerce, but realised collectors are custodians of your work

 

“Being an artist is a political act, but I want to keep my politics light”

Too political a point closes down opportunities to develop othe world and invite conversation

 

Finds inspiration in the world around her

Feels comfortable in the role of an artist - feels she has always been an artist



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