Joseph cornell

Joseph Cornell (December 24, 1903 — December 29, 1972) was an American artist and film maker, one of the pioneers and most celebrated…

Thinking inside the box: romantic, obsessive and shy, Cornell never moved out of his mother’s house, yet his strange, exquisite art brought him fame and friendships with Duchamp, Dalí and Warhol

A unique figure in American art, Joseph Cornell worked in his own, extraordinary medium – the shadow box. Now we’re inviting you to capture your dreams in boxes too, in our Instagram challenge.

Cornell, Joseph (1903-72). American sculptor, one of the pioneers and most celebrated exponents of assemblage. He had no formal training in art and his most characteristic works are his highly dist…

Joseph Cornell (December 24, 1903 — December 29, 1972) was an American artist and film maker, one of the pioneers and most celebrated…

We invited families to create their own shadow boxes inspired by the work of Cornell. Here’s how to do it…

Cockatoo and Corks - 1940s

Joseph Cornell led an apparently humdrum existence, but his collages of junkshop ephemera betray a remarkable interior life

Joseph Cornell (December 24, 1903 — December 29, 1972) was an American artist and film maker, one of the pioneers and most celebrated…

This took me an age to create digitally - or so I thought until my niece who is an assemblage artist told me that, starting with a vintage apothecary's cabinet, she estimates it will take her at least a year to fill with hand made metal and fabric items. I can't compete with that!! The shadow boxes and shadows are by Maya at Scrapbookgraphics. Elements are mostly from Lorie Davidson also of SBG and the old gramophone is from Finecrafted Designs.