Cornelia Parker on Transitional Object (PsychoBarn)

British artist Cornelia Parker discusses her 2016 Roof Garden Commission, Transitional Object (PsychoBarn).

April 16, 2016

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British artist Cornelia Parker discusses her installation for The Met's Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Roof Garden, Transitional Object (PsychoBarn)

Artworks and Credits:
Edward Hopper, “House by the Railroad”
Digital Image © The Museum of Modern Art/Licensed by SCALA / Art Resource, NY
Edward Hopper, “(Cobb's Barns, South Truro)”
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York
© Heirs of Josephine N. Hopper, licensed by Whitney Museum, New York
“Psycho” Film Stills
© Universal Studios Licensing LLC
“Psycho” Set Photo
Marc Wanamaker / Bison Archives

Special Thanks:
Showman Fabricators
Antique Barn Company

© 2016 The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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