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Art exhibition – Cornelia Parker: THE FUTURE (Sixes and Sevens)
This exhibition by internationally acclaimed British artist and Turner Prize nominee Cornelia Parker will be on display at the Eden Project between May and November 2024, showcasing an extraordinary film installation that explores the future through the eyes of primary school children.
This exhibition will be on display from 24 May in the Core Gallery, on the top floor of the Core building, and is free with Eden admission.
Pre-booking a timed entry slot ahead of your visit to the Eden Project is strongly advised. Eden Project Members, Patrons and their family guests no longer need to book a time slot, and are guaranteed admission before last entry.
About the artwork
THE FUTURE: Sixes and Sevens, 2023
Quote by Cornelia Parker
“ Their very future is in peril, only us adults can do something about it, and it has to be now. ”
About the artist
Cornelia Parker (b. 1956, Cheshire) lives and works in London. Over the last three decades, she has presented numerous major commissions and solo exhibitions nationally and internationally, including a career retrospective at Tate Britain (2022); at the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Sydney (2019); Westminster Hall, Palace of Westminster (2017); Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (2016), The Whitworth, the University of Manchester (2015), British Library, London (2015), BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead (2010), Museo de Arte de Lima, Peru (2008), Ikon Gallery, Birmingham (2007) and the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Texas (2006).
Parker was elected to the Royal Academy of Arts, London, made an OBE in 2010 and a CBE in 2022. She was elected the Apollo Awards Artist of the Year in 2016, and the following year, awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Manchester. In 2017, she was appointed as the first female Election Artist for the United Kingdom General Election. She was made an Honorary Fellow of Trinity Hall, Cambridge in 2021. Her works are held in public and private collections around the world including the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston; Fundación “la Caixa”, Barcelona, The Museum of Modern Art and The Metropolitan Museum, New York and the Tate Gallery, London.
Cornelia Parker is represented by Frith Street Gallery and Cristea Roberts Gallery, London, and Wilde Gallery, Basel/Geneva.
Why this exhibition is happening at the Eden Project
The Eden Project's mission is to demonstrate and inspire positive action for the planet.
We believe our world is in jeopardy, but that by working together and with nature there is also hope, and that the future is ours to make. Cornelia Parker's work gives the voices of our children a platform, and the juxtaposition of showcasing this important film in a venue that tangibly demonstrates the positive transformation of a barren clay quarry into a global garden teeming with life, is a powerful metaphor offering hope to future generations.
Image credits
Art at the Eden Project
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