Cornelia Parker

Cornelia Parker is a British artist who is well known for her impressive installation art. Despite destroying objects to create her work, Parker is more fascinated by the idea of objects’ worth being redetermined and revalued so they might find a new purpose as an artwork. Her work ‘Thirty Pieces of Silver’ (pictured below) shows an innovative use of metal to present a striking installation. The eerie suspension of each piece adds to the dramatic work and gives a sense of impending judgement to each object awaiting its new purpose.