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Artworks
Cornelia Parker
Falling Facade, 1991Stretched silver trophies, easel and mirrorMirror: 97.5 x 112.5 x 2 cm
Easel: 171 x 112.5 x 94 cm
Overall dimensions variableFurther images
Falling Facade is a classic early suspended work composed of the artist’s signature flattened and suspended silver trophies which seem to float out of the mirror’s surface and escape its...Falling Facade is a classic early suspended work composed of the artist’s signature flattened and suspended silver trophies which seem to float out of the mirror’s surface and escape its bounds. The mirror rests on an easel, that might support a painter’s canvas or a classroom blackboard. The trophies call to mind victories in sport or essay writing while at school, proudly displayed and then gathering dust on mantelpieces across the land. The doubling of the objects in the mirror’s surface in this unusual work anticipates Parker’s Alter Ego series.
