Patrons: Joseph Cornell Curator's Breakfast Tour
Thursday 2 July 2015 8.45 - 10am
The Royal Academy of Arts
Free, but please RSVP.
Joseph Cornell
From a basement in New York, Joseph Cornell (1902–1972) channelled his limitless imagination into some of the most original art of the 20th century.
Cornell never ventured far from home, yet he undertook extraordinary voyages in his imagination as he searched Manhattan’s antique bookshops and dime stores, collecting a vast archive of paper ephemera and small objects to make his beguiling glass-fronted ‘shadow boxes’. These miniature masterpieces transform everyday objects into spellbinding treasures. Together they reveal his fascination with subjects ranging from astronomy and cinema to literature and ornithology, and especially his love of European culture, from the Romantic ballet to Renaissance Italy. This long-overdue celebration brings together 60 of Cornell’s most remarkable box constructions, collages and films, some never before seen outside the USA.
Joseph Cornell: Wanderlust is organised by the Royal Academy of Arts, London in collaboration with the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna.