Cornelia Parker is an English sculptor and installation artist who's work has been concerned with formalizing things beyond control, containing the volatile and making it into something that is quiet and contemplative like the eye of the storm. Of late she concentrated on issues such as globalization, consumerism as well as mass-media.
She talks about her work, including blowing up a garden shed (picture above) and steamrolling stuff in these 2 video2 below: