Birds Of A Feather Joseph Cornell's Homage To Juan Gris

Author: Mary Clare McKinley

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Price : $44.99 AUD
ISBN : 9781588396273
Publisher : Yale University Press
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Weight (g) : 1.3
Publication date : 01 February 2018
Dimensions : 1.5 Centimeters X 17.8 Centimeters X 22.9 Centimeters
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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.

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