Art: Joseph Cornell

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

In reading Daily Rituals: How Artists Work by Mason Curry, I discovered Joseph Cornell, an artist who made shadowboxes out of found objects. I find his work interesting. It appeals to the miniaturist as well as the poet. Wikipedia includes this quote about him. And links to haptic poetry from his page, which I like.

Somewhere in the city of New York there are four or five still-unknown objects that belong together. Once together they'll make a work of art. That's Cornell's premise, his metaphysics, and his religion...

If I ever go back to museums, I shall seek him out.

Comments

[regshoe]

Oh, those are good! Like sort of strange museum cabinet pieces. I like the colours and arrangement of the last one especially.

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

Yes, odd but very appealing little cabinets of curiosities!

[lunabee34]

I recently encountered his work in a collection of essay I was reading, and I can't remember where now, of course. But very cool work.

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

Oh, interesting. Yes, I thought it was different and intriguing.

[firecat]

I love these! I've done collage and other papercrafts but not shadow boxes. I guess that's the next logical step...

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

Yes, I was fascinated. I think of shadowboxes like dioramas for school (my son had to do on with penguins in kindergarten) but his are something else.

[debriswoman]

Fascinating:-)

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

He really is, and I'd never heard of him or shadowboxes as a professional medium of art before now.