From ‘Rough Sea’ Circa 1840 5, JMW Turner 1997

Cornelia Parker's 'From ‘Rough Sea’ Circa 1840 5' (1997) is an assemblage of fragments from J.M.W. Turner's famous painting, "The Slave Ship" (1840). The work, now held at the Tate Britain, London, invites viewers to contemplate the remnants of a once-powerful and evocative artistic creation. Parker's meticulous dismantling and re-presentation of Turner's masterpiece provokes questions about the nature of art and its inherent vulnerability.