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| Title | : | Utopia Parkway: The Life and Work of Joseph Cornell |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.96 (892 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1590517148 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 592 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-11-25 |
| Language | : | English |
Deborah Solomon’s definitive biography of Joseph Cornell, one of America’s most moving and unusual twentieth-century artists, now reissued twenty years later with updated and extensively revised text Few artists ever led a stranger life than Joseph Cornell, the self-taught American genius prized for his enigmatic shadow boxes, who stands at the intersection of Surrealism, Abstract Expressionism, and Pop Art. Legends about Cornell abound—the shy hermit, the devoted family caretaker, the artistic innocent—but never before has he been presented for what he was: a brilliant, relentlessly serious artist whose stature has now reached monumental proportions.
Art critic Deborah Solomon spikes her astute judgments with humor--noting her subject's fondness for epistolary relationships that spared him the unease of physical contact, she comments, "Cornell would have been great on the Internet." . Joseph Cornell (1903-72) lived in Queens with a domineering mother and severely handicapped brother while creating unique, haunting art: boxes filled with lovingly assembled objects and printed images. But this sympathetic biography demonstrates that he was more than an eccentric recluse, chronicling his friendships with other artists and his immersion in the avant-garde movements of his time
"Cornell's boxes for years in many different museums I was extremely satisfied and gratified to read Ms" according to Audrey A. Rice. After seeing Mr. Cornell's boxes for years in many different museums I was extremely satisfied and gratified to read Ms. Solomon's biography of this genius. Bravo Ms. Solomon, I came away from this table totally fulfilled. I saw a Cornell exhibit at the Hirshhorn a few years ago. Mr. Cornell's boxes were exhibited about three feet off of the ground. I didn't know why until i read Ms. Solomon's great book. Thank-you.. Joseph Cornells comes alive A well written biography of a fascinating artist living in a fascinating time. Altough filled with great details about Cornell and his life it flows in an accessable style that does not burden the reader. It took me along time to read only because I found so much information that peaked my interest it took many side trips for me to satisfy my curiosity. I also learned that Joseph Cornell was far from being the reclusive, eccentric outsider he has been portrayed as.. Immensely grateful but waiting for the next Eddie Watkins As an antidote to my seams-bursting curiosity about Cornell, this book deserves a rating off the measly 5 star scale and into the realm of splendiferous constellations. To you Deborah Solomon I am sincerely grateful. But upon rereading Utopia Parkway seems rather thin, and at times, unfortunately, nearly patronizing. I don't doubt her respect for Cornell, but occasionally she treats him as too much of a curiosity, as if he was an eccentric she's putting into a box. Perhaps she simply had trouble understanding him. And of course she committed the unpardonable sin, and anti-Cornellian faux pas, within her pages of referring to pigeons as ugl
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