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Cornelia Parker on Transitional Object (PsychoBarn)

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

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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