Steamrollers, explosions, and `cartoon violence`: the artistic eruptions of Cornelia Parker
(The Guardian Culture News)

The launch of her first major show in the southern hemisphere sees the UK artist trying to disrupt the cosy and suburbanCornelia Parker is softly spoken and bird-like; an artist who peppers her conversation with nervous little laughs. Yet her work is all about blowing things up.Over her career, the Turner prize-shortlisted English artist, who was appointed an Order of the British Empire in 2010, has made a name treating objects with what she terms `cartoon violence`. Silver cutlery has been crushed with a steamroller. A garden shed has been blown to smithereens. Wedding rings have been stretched. And stretched. And stretched. Continue reading...