Currently located in the courtyard of the Royal Academy of Arts on Piccadilly Street, an red wooden old house that looks as though it has come from a horror film has been placed. The wooden house is the artwork of Cornelia Parker, and the name of the artwork is Transitional Object (PsychoBarn). The artwork depicts a house, which is usually a symbol of comfort and foundation. The style of the house is American colonial, and if the house is familiar, it is the same one that appeared in the Alfred Hitchcock film "Psycho" and was first used in a painting by Edward Hopper "House by a Railroad", painted in 1925.
PsychoBar was first exhibited in New York at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 2016. It is nearly 30 feet tall, and it has been constructed from timber from an old American red barn.
This artwork is on display until 15 March, so if you are planning to see it, you still have a little bit of time to do so before it is removed.
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