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Artworks
Cornelia Parker
Inhaled Cliffs, 1996Sheets starched with chalk from the White Cliffs of Dover41 x 25.5 x 11 cm (folded)Cornelia Parker’s Inhaled Cliffs is comprised of an unassuming, neatly folded pile of linen, the piece’s modest appearance belies the grand concept literally woven into it. Parker has starched...Cornelia Parker’s Inhaled Cliffs is comprised of an unassuming, neatly folded pile of linen, the piece’s modest appearance belies the grand concept literally woven into it. Parker has starched the sheets with chalk from the White Cliffs of Dover, and the domestic collides with the natural world. The presentation of ‘Inhaled Cliffs’ elevates the everyday to the sacred, preserved as the sheets are like a saint’s vestiti.
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