{"id":18633,"date":"2018-11-12T10:00:27","date_gmt":"2018-11-12T10:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/?p=18633"},"modified":"2018-11-12T00:27:55","modified_gmt":"2018-11-12T00:27:55","slug":"psychobarn-installation-by-cornelia-parker-at-the-royal-academy-london-nov-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/psychobarn-installation-by-cornelia-parker-at-the-royal-academy-london-nov-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"PsychoBarn installation by Cornelia Parker at the Royal Academy, London, Nov 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/pyschobarn-cornelia-parker-royal-academy-01.jpg\" alt=\"PsychoBarn installation by Cornelia Parker at the Royal Academy, London, November 2018\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>First exhibited on the roof of New York&#8217;s Metropolitan Museum of Art in 2016,\u00a0Cornelia Parker\u2019s Transitional Object (PsychoBarn) makes for a striking centrepiece of the\u00a0Royal Academy&#8217;s courtyard in central London.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/pyschobarn-cornelia-parker-royal-academy-02.jpg\" alt=\"PsychoBarn installation by Cornelia Parker at the Royal Academy, London, November 2018\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Constructed from found objects and standing some 30 feet tall, the design is based on the Bates family motel seen in Alfred Hitchcock\u2019s film <em>Psycho<\/em> (1960), which in turn was modelled on a painting by Edward Hopper called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.moma.org\/collection\/works\/78330\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>House by the Railroad<\/em><\/a> (1925).<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/pyschobarn-cornelia-parker-royal-academy-07.jpg\" alt=\"PsychoBarn installation by Cornelia Parker at the Royal Academy, London, November 2018\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Just like the building in Hitchcock\u2019s stage set, Parker\u2019s house is a scaled-down fa\u00e7ade with the supporting structure left open to view from behind.<\/p>\n<p>The effect reminds me of the famous <a href=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/the-fake-houses-at-23-and-24-leinster-gardens-bayswater-london-w2\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">fake houses at 23 and 24 Leinster Gardens, Bayswater, London W2<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/pyschobarn-cornelia-parker-royal-academy-03.jpg\" alt=\"PsychoBarn installation by Cornelia Parker at the Royal Academy, London, November 2018\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/pyschobarn-cornelia-parker-royal-academy-04.jpg\" alt=\"PsychoBarn installation by Cornelia Parker at the Royal Academy, London, November 2018\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/pyschobarn-cornelia-parker-royal-academy-05.jpg\" alt=\"PsychoBarn installation by Cornelia Parker at the Royal Academy, London, November 2018\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/pyschobarn-cornelia-parker-royal-academy-06.jpg\" alt=\"PsychoBarn installation by Cornelia Parker at the Royal Academy, London, November 2018\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/pyschobarn-cornelia-parker-royal-academy-10.jpg\" alt=\"PsychoBarn installation by Cornelia Parker at the Royal Academy, London, November 2018\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/pyschobarn-cornelia-parker-royal-academy-08.jpg\" alt=\"PsychoBarn installation by Cornelia Parker at the Royal Academy, London, November 2018\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/pyschobarn-cornelia-parker-royal-academy-12.jpg\" alt=\"PsychoBarn installation by Cornelia Parker at the Royal Academy, London, November 2018\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/pyschobarn-cornelia-parker-royal-academy-09.jpg\" alt=\"PsychoBarn installation by Cornelia Parker at the Royal Academy, London, November 2018\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/pyschobarn-cornelia-parker-royal-academy-11.jpg\" alt=\"PsychoBarn installation by Cornelia Parker at the Royal Academy, London, November 2018\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Details:<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.royalacademy.org.uk\/exhibition\/cornelia-parker-ra-transitional-object-psychobarn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PsychoBarn installation<\/a><br \/>\nAnnenberg Courtyard of the Royal Academy<br \/>\nBurlington House, Piccadilly, London, W1J 0BD<br \/>\nDaily 10am \u2013 6pm,\u00a0Friday 10am \u2013 10pm<br \/>\nRuns until March 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