Joseph Cornell Showed Mastery in Box Assemblages

DECEMBER 24, ON THIS DAY “Shadow boxes become poetic theater or settings wherein are metamorphosed the elements of a childhood pastime. The fragile, shimmering globules become the shimmering but more enduring planets—a connotation of moon and tides—the association of waterless subtle, as when driftwood pieces make up a proscenium to set off the dazzling white […]

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