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CORNELIA PARKER: MAGNA CARTER (AN EMBROIDERY) │ Whitworth, Manchester → 1 November 2015

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“[A wrc ɖt] seḷbrets ɖ 800ʈ anivrsri v Magna Carta in 2015. Fabricetd bî mni handz, it replicets in stić ɖ intîr Wicipīdia articl on Magna Carta az it apird on ɖ dokmnt’s 799ʈ anivrsri. Hand-imbrýdrd bî mr ɖn 200 ppl, a lj part wz stićt bî priznrz sūpvîzd bî Fîn Sélwrc n membrz v ɖ Imbrýdrrz Gild. Uɖr cntribytrz, ṣlctd t rpriznt a croșẋn v ssayti, renj fṛm báṛnz, baṛnesz, MPz n loyrz, t hymn-rîts advc̣ts n activists.”

Photograph: Linda Nylind for the Guardian
Guardian: Pope Innocent III stitched by Anthea Godfrey of the Embroiderers’ Guild Photograph: British Library
Guardian: The crown embroidered by a team from the Royal School of Needlework. Photograph: Linda Nylind
Wallpaper: Sian Kibblewhite of the Embroiderers’ Guild (West Midlands Region) created this vista of the Magna Carta memorial, located at the water-meadow of Runnymede in Windsor
Wallpaper: The piece was stitched by over 200 people, many of whom had a direct connection to the work’s overarching theme of civil liberty. Pictured: Chris, a member of Fine Cell Work (a social enterprise that teaches incarcerated individuals needlework skills), was one of nearly 40 prisoners who worked on the project. Photography: Joseph Turp
Wallpaper: Wikipedia links, stitched by Lorna Pound of the Embroiderers’ Guild (West Midlands Region)
Wallpaper: This recreation of the Wikipedia logo was stitched by Janika Mägi of the embroidery institution Hand & Lock. Photography: Tony Antoniou
A detail of only one of four surviving fragments of the 1215 Magna Carta, stitched by Pam Keeling of the Embroiderers’ Guild (East Midland Region). Photography: British Library
Guardian: Cornelia Parker with a fragment of Magna Carta (An Embroidery). Photograph: Tony Antoniou
Wallpaper: Cornelia Parker’s Magna Carta (An Embroidery) is an intricate textile work recreating the entire Wikipedia entry on the eponymous English dictum. Pictured: Parker at work on the piece. Photography: Joseph Turp

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Tim Masters BBC 14 May 2015
CULTURE24 14 May 2015
Jonathan Jones GUARDIAN 14 May 2015

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CORNELIA PARKER: ONE MORE TIME │ St Pancras Station, London → November 2015

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Photo: Tim Whitby
Photo: Tim Whitby

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ROYAL ACADEMY OF ARTS

ARTLYST 29 May 2015
Matt Brown LONDONIST 29 May 2015
Nick Clark INDEPENDENT 28 May 2015
Louise Jury LONDON EVENING STANDARD 28 May 2015
WALLPAPER 28 May 2015

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MAKING IT: SCULPTURE IN BRITAIN 1977–1986 │ Yorkshire Sculpture Park → 21 June 2015

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The Eye Has It by Richard Deacon, 1984. Arts Council Collection. Photo Anna Arca
The Eye Has It by Richard Deacon, 1984. Arts Council Collection. Photo Anna Arca
Cornelia Parker, Fleeting Monument, 1985
Tony Cragg George and the Dragon, 1984

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ARTISTS INCLUDE
Tony Cragg, Richard Deacon, Antony Gormley, Anish Kapoor, David Nash, Cornelia Parker, Alison Wilding

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Hilarie Stelfox HUDDERSFIELD DAILY EXAMINER 27 March 2015
STUDIO INTERNATIONAL

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CORNELIA PARKER │ The Whitworth, Manchester → 31 May 2015

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Cold Dark Matter (An Exploded View), 1991. Photo: David Levene

“Ɖ Ẇitẉʈ riôpnd on 14 Febrri 2015 wɖ a mêjr sôlo xibišn fṛm wn v Britn’z most aclemd cntemprri ātists, Cwnīlia Pācr – n hr wrc invîts y t witṇs ɖ trnsfmešn v ōdnri objcts intu smʈñ cmpelñ n xtrōdnri.

It z an xtnsv xibišn, wn ɖt fīčrz a wîd renj v wrc md jrñ Pācr’z c̣rir, fṛm hr sigṇčr pìs Cold Dāc Matr: An Xplodd Vy (1991) alñsd tu impwtnt ny cmišnz n mni uɖr ny wrcs.

Ahd v hr ny Ẇitẉʈ xibišn, Cwnīlia Pācr wrct clôsli wɖ sayntists at ɖ Ynivrṣti v Mančestr, most nôṭbli Costia Novozelov, hu, wɖ Andre Gem, wz awōdd ɖ Nôbel Prîz fr ɖ dscuvri v  grafīn – ɖ wrld’z ʈinist n strongist mtirı̣l. Wrcñ wɖ gaḷrīstaf, Novozelov tc mîcṛscopc samplz v grafît fṛm drōñz in ɖ Ẇitẉʈ’s c̣lẋn bî Wiłm Blêc, Trnr, Cunsṭbl n Picaso, az wel az a penṣl-ritn letr bî Sr Ŕnist Ruɖ̇fd (hu split ɖ atm in Mančestr). H ɖen md grafīn fṛm ɖz samplz, wn v ẇč Pācr hz md intu a wrc v āt t māc ɖ ôpnñ v ɖ gaḷri n xibišn. A Blêc-grafīn sensr, activetd bî ɖ breʈ v a fizisist, set of a fîrwrc dsple ẇč rtrnd aynmītı̣rît intu ɖ Mančestr scî. Ɖs mītioršâr wz a spectaklr ôpnñ t ɖ ny Ẇitẉʈ.”

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War Room. Photograph: David Levene
The Distance (A Kiss with String Attached), 2003. Photo: David Levene
Black Path (Bunhill Fields), 2013, a cast of the path at William Blake’s grave. Photograph: Courtesy the artist and Frith Street Gallery

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DRAWN TOGETHER: ARTIST SELECTOR │ QUENTIN BLAKE: ARTISTS ON THE BEACH │ Jerwood Gallery, Hastings → 15 October 2014

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DRWN TGĐR: ĀTIST AZ ṢLECTR

Mîcl Crêg-Mātin │ STUDI FR SÚNRÎZ │ 1982-3
Rêčl Ẇîtrīd │ CLOZIT N BOXZ │ 2005
Līsa Milrŷ │ SRČ M │ 2014
Ivon Crosli │ FIGR IT ÂT NU.9 │ 2013
Anīta Têlr │ VESTIJZ │ 2012
Cen Curi │ Studi fr SELFPWTRIT DSEMBR

“Drwn Tgɖr: Ātist az Ṣlctr seḷbrets ɖ 20ʈ anivrsri v ɖ Jrwŭd Drōñ Prîz. Ɖ xibišn sentrz on ɖ rôl v drōñ in ɖ practis v eminnt ātists, includñ Mîcl Crêg-Mātin, Cwnīła Pācr n Rêčl Ẇîtrīd, hu hv bn on ɖ ṣlẋnpanl fr ɖ Jrwŭd Drōñ Prîz ovr ɖ past twenti yirz. Ɖ xibišn xplorz ɖ ṣlctrz’ ôn drōñ practis n intrests, cntinywñ ɖ Jrwŭd Drōñ Prîz’z daylog abt ẇt constityts drōñ n its impwtns az a mīdı̣m fr ātists wrcñ tde.

Drwn Tgɖr: Ātist az Ṣlctr fīčrz wrc bî Bazl Bīti RA, Tôni Bevn RA, Jêsn Brŭcs, Îlīn Cūpr RA, Mîcl Crêg-Mātin RA, Cen Curi, Ivon Crosli, Greym Crôli, Stīvn Fāɖñ, Wiłm Fīvr, Pītr di Fransia, Anṭni Grīn, Tiṃʈi Hîmn RA, Taňa Kôvats, Līsa Milrý RA, Alixandr Mof̣t, Êvis Nymn, Cwnīła Pācr RA, Dīna Peʈbrij, Sẹra Simbḷt, Ema Tālḅt, Anīta Têlr, Pwl Toms, Estel Tomsn n Rêčl Ẇîtrīd.

Drwn Tgɖr: Ātist az Ṣlctr hz bn kretd bî Pṛfesr Anīta Têlr.

Jrwŭd Drōñ Prîz z led bî Drōñprojcts YC, wɖ ɖ ṣpwt v ɖ Jrwŭd Čaritbl Fândešn n in asošiešn wɖ Baʈ Spa Ynivrṣti.

Ɖ xibišn z pāt v ɖ sumr Jrwŭd Drōñfestivl, ẇč olso includz a spešl dsple v wrcs bî Sr Qentin Blêc. Ɖr r olso a nmbr v spešl drōñivnts n wrcšops têcñ plês ʈrt ɖ sumr fr bʈ adults n čildṛn.”

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QENTIN BLÊC: ĀTISTS ON Đ BĪČ

“An xclusv dsple v Sr Qentin Blêcs’ ātistc rsponsz t ten v hiz fêvrit ātists fṛm ɖ Jrwŭd Ċlẋn. Ɖ xibišn v drōñz plêfli xplorz ɖ stwriz v ātists in ɖ c̣lẋn fṛm Sic̣t t Wolis.

Acumṗniyñ ɖ dsple z a gaḷrīgîd Ātists on ɖ Bīč: A Jrwŭd Gaḷri Nôtbc, ritn n iḷstretd bî Qentin Blêc, ẇč wl b on seil in ɖ gaḷrīšop.”

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CORNELIA PARKER, IKON ICON 1980s │ Ikon Gallery, Birmingham → 31 August 2014

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 Ʈrti Pìsz v Silvr, 1988-9

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Ʈrti Pìsz v Silvr (xheld), 2003

“In 1988 Îcon cmišnd Cwnīła Pācr t mc Ʈrti Pìsz v Silvr, a mêjr insṭlešn nâ in ɖ c̣lẋn v ɖ Têt. Š rtrnz t Îcon t šo Ʈrti Pìsz v Silvr (xheld) (2003), a mr rīsnt wrc cmprîzñ ʈrti silvrplêtd îtmz crušt bî a 250 tun industrı̣l pres. A cnd v criticl rspons t monymntl flor-bêst sculpčr, it olso caṛcṭristcli cnflets îdiyz v prešsṇs n psivd culčṛl valy wɖ trêsz v a trwmatc ivnt.

Îcon Îconz sīz ɖ rtrn v fîv ci Britiš ātists fṛm an xibišnprôgram stātñ in 1965, wn ātist pr deced: Jon Swlt (1960z), Iyn Īmz (1970z), Cwnīła Pācr (1980z), Yñca Šônībāre (1990z) n Jūlı̣n Ôpi (2000z). A prezntešn v wrc bî č têcs plês cnsktvli jrñ Îcon 50, in Îcon’z Tâŗūm.

Ɖ siriz z a mêjr cmponnt v Îcon 50, ɖ prôgram v xibišnz n ivnts seḷbretñ Îcon’z 50ʈ anivrsri.”

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 Ʈrti Pìsz v Silvr bî Cwnīła Pācr at Ywc St Mẹri’z, 28 Me – 30 Octobr, 2011