The Whitworth’s re-opening programme includes Cornelia Parker’s largest solo show to date, which allows the Turner Prize shortlisted artist’s playful tendencies to come to the fore. Look out for a squashed silver service set suspended from the ceiling and her most famous work, Cold Dark Matter (AKA an exploding shed, frozen in time) plus stunning new commission, War Room. This tent-like installation is made from the holes left behind when Remembrance Day poppies are cut out (pictured). It closes this weekend, so if you’ve not yet been down to have a look, this is your chance. Works you can catch for a little longer include Cai Guo-Qiang’s room-sized panorama, Unmanned Nature. Originally created using explosives for the Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, the scene is displayed around a large pool of water and it’s the work’s first outing outside of Japan. The gallery will be working closely with Manchester International Festival, hosting new works by Gerhard Richter during July and the Whitworth’s next big show is Four Decades of Chinese Art, which we have previewed here.
Cornelia Parker until Sun 31 May only, The Whitworth, Oxford Road, Manchester, M15 6ER. Tel: 0161 275 7450. FREE, www.whitworth.manchester.ac.uk
- Words:
- Ruth Allan
- Published on:
- Fri 29 May 2015
