Margaret Sefton on Nostr: "Cornell’s most characteristic art works were boxed assemblages created from found ...
"Cornell’s most characteristic art works were boxed assemblages created from found objects. These are simple shadow boxes, usually fronted with a glass pane, in which he arranged eclectic fragments of photographs or Victorian bric a brac, in a way that combines the formal austerity of Constructivism with the lively fantasy of Surrealism." #art #shadowbox #interactiveart #JosephCornell
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