Cornelia Parker in conversation with Rachel Campbell-Johnston

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Artist Cornelia Parker discusses the role of drawing in her art practice with art critic Rachel Campbell-Johnston.

Royal Drawing School's Creative Conversations

Royal Drawing School's Creative Conversations; dialogues between artists, curators and writers. Lectures are held on Wednesday evenings at the School or online.

Join us in person or online for an insightful discussion between renowned artist Cornelia Parker, CBE RA and former chief art critic at The Times, Rachel Campbell-Johnston.The conversation will explore the role of drawing in Parker's diverse practice, which spans sculpture, installation, embroidery, photography, and film. This conversation is a unique opportunity to gain a deeper understanding of the creative process behind one of the UK’s most influential contemporary artists.This is the first in a series of Creative Conversations that celebrates the 25th anniversary of the Royal Drawing School in 2025.Curated by Dr Claudia Tobin. Cornelia Parker, born in Cheshire, England, in 1956, studied at Gloucestershire College of Art &amp; Design, Wolverhampton Polytechnic, and earned her MA in Fine Art from the University of Reading in 1982.Her work explores themes of destruction, transformation, and reconfiguration. Known for using intense methods like shooting, exploding, and burning, Parker transforms objects while actively engaging in their evolving story.Her work is part of major collections worldwide, including Tate, the Centre Pompidou, and the Museum of Modern Art. Parker was shortlisted for the Turner Prize in 1997 and became a Royal Academy of Arts member in 2010. She was made an Honorary Fellow of Trinity Hall, Cambridge, in 2021. In 2022, she was named Commander of the Order of the British Empire for her contributions to the arts. She has also been commissioned to create works for King Charles III’s coronation in 2023.For 20 years, Rachel Campbell-Johnston was chief art critic for The Times newspaper. During her tenure at The Times, she was also a leader writer and obituarist. She has a PhD in poetry, she has worked for several years as a shepherd, lived in El Salvador and the Amazon rainforest and is the author of, among other things, a biography of the painter Samuel Palmer and a prize-winning young-adults book about child-soldiers and elephants. She now lives on and runs a small farm on Exmoor and writes journalism and books. This conversation will be live-streamed on Zoom. There will also be a very limited number of in-person tickets available for this event. When purchasing your free ticket, make sure to select the correct ticket type: 'In-person' or 'Online'.If you have any questions about the event, please contact digitalstudio@royaldrawingschool.org Image: 'Drawing of a lapwing', Cornelia Parker,1974, pencil on paper, © Artist

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Cornelia Parker in conversation with Rachel Campbell-Johnston

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