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Artworks
Cornelia Parker
Sawn Up Sawn Off Shotgun, 2015Shotgun sawn off by criminals, sawn up by policeDimensions variableThrough a combination of visual and verbal allusions, Cornelia Parker’s works triggers cultural metaphors and personal associations, which allow the viewer to witness the transformation of the most ordinary objects...Through a combination of visual and verbal allusions, Cornelia Parker’s works triggers cultural metaphors and personal associations, which allow the viewer to witness the transformation of the most ordinary objects into something compelling and extraordinary. Sawn Up Sawn Off Shotgun is the result of an unlikely act of collaboration. The gun has been chopped into pieces and laid out like elements of a minimalist sculpture, its barrel sawn off by the original criminal owners and sawn up by the police decommissioning it.
