Joseph Cornell
Untitled, 1965-1070
Collage on paper
The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
May 9th, 2019
This is not a dance
Tag: collage
The Artist’s Den
I quite enjoy visiting an artist’s studio, there is something very charming and simultaneously voyeuristic about it. Going ”behind the scenes”, walking amidst art and creative clutter, the excitement of getting to see first-hand new works in progress, not to mention meeting the artists themselves.
If you time your trip to Marfa during the Chinati Weekend (which is actually a three-day event extending into Monday), you will find many artists opening their studios, which are also their homes, to the public.
Julie Speed Studio – Marfa, TX
October 6th, 2018
Fear & Love
Go hand in hand. See, for instance, how beautifully these works complement each other –
From the powerful painting by Maynard Dixon, giving shape to fear,
to the subdued and delicate works by Joseph Cornell, who took his fear of this world and placed it inside wooden boxes, each one containing a mini universe,
or his magical homages to Tamara Toumanova, Cornell’s way of expressing his great affection for the world of Romantic Ballet.
Embracing Life @ Smithsonian American Art Museum
April 25th, 2017
Marilyn Pursued
Marilyn Pursued by Death, 1963
Rosalyn Dexler
Acrylic and paper collage on canvas
From the accompanying caption: [… On the day this source photograph was taken in 1956, Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller were to announce their upcoming marriage; in the frenzy to cover the event, a car carrying reporters crashed, killing at least one member of the press. Drexler’s painting is an eerie evocation on the sometimes tragic results of our society’s insatiable desire for celebrity news.]
The Whitney Museum of American Art
September 10th, 2016
The Humble Fabulist 