Joseph Cornell: Wanderlust - Hardcover

Sarah Lea; Lynda Roscoe Hartigan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1910350214 ISBN 13: 9781910350218

Verlag: Royal Academy of Arts, London, 2015

Inhaltsangabe

Joseph Cornell (1903-1972) was one of the 20th century's leading exponents of collage and assemblage. A connoisseur of an astonishing array of subjects, Cornell's captivation with bygone imagery encompassed astronomical charts and geographical maps, Italian and Spanish Old Master paintings, historical ballet, early film, literature, poetry and ornithology. Most iconic among his works are his box constructions--microcosmic curiosity cabinets--filled with once-precious fragments that he collected in thrift shops in his native New York.

Joseph Cornell: Wanderlust is a landmark publication examining this remarkable work. It brings together some of Cornell's most compelling assemblages and box constructions (including Medici slot machines, soap-bubble sets and animal habitats). The contributors raise questions about Cornell's artistic processes while drawing parallels with historical modes of inquiry such as connoisseurship, exploration and classification.

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Sarah Lea is curator of the exhibition Joseph Cornell: Wanderlust at the Royal Academy of Arts. Lynda Roscoe Hartigan is former director of the Smithsonian s Joseph Cornell Study Center. Jasper Sharp is adjunct curator for modern and contemporary art at the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna."

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• Verlag: Royal Academy of Arts, London
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1910350214
• ISBN 13: 9781910350218
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 272