BALTIC+

Joseph Cornell: Birds of a feather: Joseph Cornell's homage to Juan Gris

Joseph Cornell: Birds of a feather: Joseph Cornell's homage to Juan Gris
Library Shelf Location 18.CORN
Publication Date 2018
Description

Joseph Cornell first viewed Cubist painter Juan Gris's The Man at the Cafe in October 1953. This visual encounter prompted Cornell to create more than a dozen hand-constructed shadow boxes as homages to Gris, each featuring a variation on a motif that echoes formal elements in Gris's painting. This unique book explores Cornell's deep fascination with Gris, uncovering within Cornell's work multiple allusions to Gris's crucial influence and investigating cross-currents such as the artists' shared interests in French culture and the ballet.

An insightful study of Joseph Cornell's fascination with the Cubist painter Juan Gris, shedding new light on the work of both artists Joseph Cornell first viewed Cubist painter Juan Gris's The Man at the Cafe in October 1953. This visual encounter prompted Cornell to create more than a dozen hand-constructed shadow boxes as homages to Gris, each featuring a variation on a motif that echoes formal elements in Gris's painting. This unique book explores Cornell's deep fascination with Gris, uncovering compositional similarities that indicate numerous cross-currents, including allusions in Cornell's work to Gris's crucial influence and the artists' shared interests in French culture and the ballet. Cornell/Gris yields a new perspective on Cornell's famed boxes while also shedding light on Gris's painting, establishing points of connection between two key figures of the avant-garde who lived a generation apart

 

ISBN 9781588396273
Quantity 1
Pages 93p; 24cm
Author Marie Clare McKinley
Format Hardback
Publisher Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Related Artist Juan Gris
Categories Artist (relating to a single artist/collaborative team), Painting, Mixed Media
Artist's Nationality American (USA)
Language English

Other Artists

Other Recent Books