Cornelia Parker’s sculpture is titled Reveille (French for “wake up”) after the bugle call historically used to awaken troops. With its pair of bugles — one intact, the other flattened, rendering it useless for its traditional purpose — the piece poignantly commented on the history of Fort Point, a military site that was never called into action.
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Cornelia Parker, Reveille,, 2010 (installation view); photo: Ben Blackwell
Cornelia Parker, Reveille,, 2010 (installation view); photo: Jan Stürmann
Cornelia Parker, Reveille,, 2010 (installation view); photo: Jan Stürmann
Cornelia Parker, Reveille,, 2010 (installation view); photo: Ben Blackwell
Cornelia ParkerBritish, born 1956
Recipient of the prestigious Turner Prize in 1997, Cornelia Parker has earned an international reputation for sculptural installations proposing that matter is never destroyed, but merely transformed. Her work has been featured in England, Europe, and the United States, including exhibitions at the Serpentine Gallery, London; ICA/Boston; Kunstverein, Stuttgart; and Museum of Modern Art, New York.