The Roof Garden Commission: Cornelia Parker, Transitional Object (PsychoBarn)
At The Met Fifth Avenue
April 19, 2016–October 31, 2016 (weather permitting)
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Buy NowA large-scale sculpture by acclaimed British artist Cornelia Parker, inspired by the paintings of Edward Hopper and by two emblems of American architecture—the classic red barn and the Bates family's sinister mansion from Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 film Psycho—comprises the fourth annual installation of site-specific works commissioned for The Met's Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Roof Garden.
Nearly 30 feet high, the sculpture is fabricated from a deconstructed red barn and seems at first to be a genuine house, but is in fact a scaled-down structure consisting of two facades propped up from behind with scaffolding. Simultaneously authentic and illusory, Transitional Object (PsychoBarn) evokes the psychological associations embedded in architectural spaces. It is set atop The Met, high above Central Park—providing an unusual contrast to the Manhattan skyline.
Additional support is provided by Cynthia Hazen Polsky and Leon B. Polsky.
The publication is made possible by the Blanche and A.L. Levine Fund and the Mary and Louis S. Myers Foundation Endowment Fund.
Installation view of The Roof Garden Commission: Cornelia Parker, Transitional Object (PsychoBarn), 2016. Photographed by Alex Fradkin. Photo courtesy of the artist
