Joseph Cornell has to be one of my favourite artists, mainly because he is a hoarder like me! He spent years collecting all sorts of different items which he could then use in his work. Cornell is famous for his boxes in which he places varying items from his collections to create a scene within the box. The above image is one of my favourite pieces of his, mainly because it is so simple yet intriguing.
I actually made my own Cornell inspired box, in which I captured a Cornish folklore story within the box using items I had and covered the outside of the box with folklore stories. I will upload pictures of it as soon as I find them on my laptop...!
Here are a few more examples of Cornell's work...
I love this box as your first view interpretation changes once you look closer at everything that is in the box!
This image is of one of the few examples of collage that Cornell produce, but notice how it still involes using lots of different things and then juxtaposing them together. Again this is one of my favourite images, I love the use of colour and the positioning of each seperate piece.
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