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To See With a Different Lens

2007.05.21
Peabody Museum

When it&#39s sunny....

Poster for the Cornell exhibit

halfway up to the thrid floor

upside down confounds the senses!

Cornell collected everything and created magical arrangements

directions change perceptions

creating your own box

a small concert of music Cornell loved... Mozart

I imagined Cornell assembling one of his works

Another rainy day—
Went to the Peabody Museum to see a Joseph Cornell exhibit—
boxes, collages, fragments, all
Incredibly beautiful, thoughtful
and mind-bending

Joseph Cornell
"He is an artist of longings, but his longings are for things known and seen and hard to keep. He didn't long to go to France; he longed to build memorials to the feeling of wanting to go to France while riding the Third Avenue El. He preferred the ticket to the trip, the postcard to the place, the fragment to the whole. Cornell's boxes look like dreams to us, but the mind that made them was always wide awake."
from a The New Yorker article by Adam Gopnik 2/ 17/ '03
22 Comments
kangshung Interesting set as usual - #1 is a wonderful composition.
kangshung · 2007-05-20: 19:09
MidsummerSilence #2 is my favorite, i think. this is a fantastic set. well-shot!
MidsummerSilence · 2007-05-20: 19:15
Carley I love both 1 and 2.....wonderful compositions!
Carley · 2007-05-20: 19:42
aggiechristine The way you've taken and presented these photos is a fantastic tribute to someone who "preferred the ticket to the trip, the postcard to the place, the fragment to the whole." Love it.
aggiechristine · 2007-05-20: 22:04
vollenda Great tribute! Your angles are amazing.
vollenda · 2007-05-20: 22:39
Jannie This is incredible! I just love your perspective of things. Wow! This is a fabulous post! Beautiful!!
Jannie · 2007-05-20: 23:34
deleted090307 Great set and tribute.
deleted090307 · 2007-05-21: 01:20
viralshah interesting..
viralshah · 2007-05-21: 02:12
storytaylor good pics
storytaylor · 2007-05-21: 05:51
miclaud #1 is my favourite
miclaud · 2007-05-21: 05:57
carmitage It is what makes the artist.
Interesting show and inspirationnal.
carmitage · 2007-05-21: 06:24
captingeye interesting set , my fav is #5 =)
captingeye · 2007-05-21: 07:06
Helen Nice and interesting set
Helen · 2007-05-21: 08:11
mimax2 interesting set as usual :))
mimax2 · 2007-05-21: 08:38
rcharris Some great shots and diverse angles amongst this set of photos....superb work once more that remind us how beautifully you see and capture things.
rcharris · 2007-05-21: 10:14
Metamorhous interesting set
Metamorhous · 2007-05-21: 11:18
spikepole Great set! Makes me want to be there!
spikepole · 2007-05-21: 12:54
Aniruddha Art very artistically brought out.
Aniruddha · 2007-05-21: 14:17
magpy The first one and the second one are wonderful with their lines and colors
magpy · 2007-05-21: 22:03
sandmoon #1 and 2 are interesting!
sandmoon · 2007-05-22: 02:48
openbelarus oh, #1 and 2 are superlovely
openbelarus · 2007-05-22: 12:46
Rasoarivelo great set, #2 is one of my fav.
Rasoarivelo · 2007-05-22: 16:49
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