Cornelia Parker review – a current affairs lesson devoid of empathy

Frith Street Gallery, London
The British conceptualist is clearly enraged by the chaos in the world today – but her new work can only muster sneering contemptHow can art adequately face up to an age in which Donald Trump is president of the United States, the civil war in Syria is more than six years old, and the far right threatens to become part of Europe’s political mainstream? It is tempting to conclude from Cornelia Parker’s inane attempt to engage with some of these reali