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Cold Dark Matter An Exploded View

Cold Dark Matter: An Exploded View (1991) by Cornelia Parker Photograph: Anna Kucera

Cornelia Parker, Cold Dark Matter: An Exploded View (1991, London, Tate) is the restored three-dimensional volume of a garden shed exploded by the British Army at the request of the artist. The surviving fragments, suspended from the ceiling and lit by a single bulb, create a dramatic effect and cast shadows on the gallery's walls. Parker worked not only with the altered scale and substance of things, but also with the meaning conveyed by found objects.

Cold Dark Matter: An Exploded View
Cold Dark Matter: An Exploded View

Cold Dark Matter Model

Cornelia Parker. Cold Dark Matter: An Exploded View, 1991.

‘Cold Dark Matter, An Exploded View’ (1991). Blown-up garden shed and contents, wire, light bulb. Tate Gallery

an abstract painting is shown in the middle of a room with light coming through it
an abstract painting is shown in the middle of a room with light coming through it
Cold Dark Matter: An Exploded View, 1991. Tate.
Cold Dark Matter: An Exploded View, 1991. Tate.

What Is Cold Dark Matter

"Cold Dark Matter" (An Exploded View) 1991 To create this piece the artist had a garden shed blown up by the British Army and suspended the fragments to look as if the explosion have been frozen in process

an abstract sculpture is shown in the middle of a room
an abstract sculpture is shown in the middle of a room
Cornelia Parker at Whitworth Art Gallery - FT.com
Cornelia Parker at Whitworth Art Gallery - FT.com

Cornelia Parker's Cold DArk Matter: An Exploded View, 1991 in the Whitworth gallery.

Dark Matter Show Explained

Cornelia Parker, Cold Dark Matter: An Explod View, 1991

Mark Barnes Cold Dark Matter: An Exploded View (1991)

a sculpture made out of sticks in a room with light coming through the window and shadows on the wall
a sculpture made out of sticks in a room with light coming through the window and shadows on the wall
several people are standing in an art gallery
several people are standing in an art gallery
the shadow of a person standing in front of a large sculpture made of wooden sticks
the shadow of a person standing in front of a large sculpture made of wooden sticks
an abstract sculpture is shown in the middle of a room with light coming through it
an abstract sculpture is shown in the middle of a room with light coming through it
an abstract painting is shown in the middle of a room with wooden floors and white walls
an abstract painting is shown in the middle of a room with wooden floors and white walls
an abstract sculpture is shown in the middle of a room with shadows on the wall
an abstract sculpture is shown in the middle of a room with shadows on the wall
a room filled with lots of different types of toys and items on the floor next to each other
a room filled with lots of different types of toys and items on the floor next to each other
a room filled with lots of wooden sticks and light shining through the holes in the ceiling
a room filled with lots of wooden sticks and light shining through the holes in the ceiling
How ruins reveal our deepest fears and desires
How ruins reveal our deepest fears and desires
Gravitational Wave Detectors Could Detect Dark Matter Particles Colliding With Their Mirrors
Gravitational Wave Detectors Could Detect Dark Matter Particles Colliding With Their Mirrors

Cornelia Parker, Cold Dark Matter: An Explod View, 1991

Cornelia Parker | Cold Dark Matter, An Exploded View (1991). The restored three-dimensional volume of a garden shed exploded. Mediums: Wood, metal, plastic, ceramic, paper, textile and wire

Cornelia Parker, Cold Dark Matter: An Explod View, 1991

Cold Dark Matter : An Exploded View by Cornelia Parker. Whitworth art gallery.

Cold Dark Matter: An Exploded View

As it turns out, the infrastructure that is used to detect GWs could also help crack another astronomical mystery: Dark Matter! According to a new study by a team of Japanese researchers, laser interferometers could be used to look for Weakly-Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs), a major candidate particle in the hunt for Dark Matter.