Cornelia Parker has taken on the rather daunting role of official UK election artist, and has agreed to produce a work by September in response to the election campaign culminating in the vote on 8 June. How Parker will interpret the aims and antics of party leaders Theresa May (Conservatives), Jeremy Corbyn (Labour) and Tim Farron (Liberal Democrats) remains to be seen. She says in a statement however that "we live in scary but exhilarating times. The whole world order seems to be changing." The artist, who is the first woman in the role, added that there is “room for humour” with the commission. The election artist is chosen by the Speaker’s Advisory Committee on Works of Art, a cross-party group of members of parliament.
