Objectified Cornelia Parker Mary Grif ths, Curator The Whitworth, Manchester, UK 14 February 2015 to 31 May 2015

An artist's approach to materials science Material transformation is a pervasive theme in Cornelia Parker's latest exhibition, which opened with a firework display created by Parker and Konstantin Novoselov, who won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 2010 for his co-discovery of graphene. Acco...

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Published inScience (American Association for the Advancement of Science) Vol. 348; no. 6230; p. 51
Main Author Dixon, Deborah
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 03.04.2015
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Summary:An artist's approach to materials science Material transformation is a pervasive theme in Cornelia Parker's latest exhibition, which opened with a firework display created by Parker and Konstantin Novoselov, who won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 2010 for his co-discovery of graphene. According to reviewer Deborah Dixon, the pieces range from playful, to reflective, and combine the sense of wonder and excitement experienced by scientists when new materials emerge with an artist's interpretation of the possibilities these materials create.
ISSN:0036-8075
1095-9203
DOI:10.1126/science.aab0533