Plus: Orlan and Kader Attia speak out against Marine Le Pen Cornelia Parker named official artist of 2017 general election Vito Acconci (1940 - 2017) and recommended reading (apollo-magazine.com)
Just named as official artist for the general election, Parker is set to explode on to the world stage. (culturewhisper.com)
He was given a retrospective in 1972 at the Plymouth City Art Gallery and in 1973 and 1979 was appointed by the Imperial War Museum as official artist in Northern Ireland. (royalacademy.org.uk)