Dime-Store Alchemy: The Art of Joseph Cornell (New York Review Books Classics)
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| Rating | : | 4.69 (659 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1590174860 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 88 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-06-24 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
From Publishers Weekly It's hard to do justice to the charm and power of Joseph Cornell's boxes. Only seemingly random, Simic's approach develops both the plain detail of Cornell's life and illuminates the nature of his work. The book emerges as a piece of writing constructed along the enigmatic lines of Cornell's art. . Appropriately, this study is neither a straightforward critical account of Cornell's art nor a merely literary embellishment of it, but rather a parallel text: written by Simic ( Hotel Insomnia ), one of our best poets, it includes his own poems and reminiscences, as well as quota
Now in PaperbackIn Dime-Store Alchemy, poet Charles Simic reflects on the life and work of Joseph Cornell, the maverick surrealist who is one of America’s great artists. Simic’s spare prose is as enchanting and luminous as the mysterious boxes of found objects for which Cornell is justly renowned.
He has received many literary awards for his poems and his translations, including the Pulitzer Prize, the Griffin Prize and the MacArthur Fellowship. He has published twenty collections of his own poetry, five books of essays, a memoir, and numerous of books of translations. Charles Simic is a poet, essayist and translator. His new ebook from New York Review B
If you are interested in Joseph Cornell this is a If you are interested in Joseph Cornell this is a collection of poems you might want to review from an acclaimed writer and poet. Interesting insight and interpretation of Cornell's assemblages. "Fall in love when you hold it in your hand!" according to Amazon Customer. This adorable book is a pleasure to hold in the hand! 7.25" x 5" and bound in midnight blue cloth lettered in silver and with a Cornell image applied to the front cover it is the perfect size and shape for this group of appreciations and quotations from Joseph Cornell's notes by the poet Charles Simic. I'm in love! But it is only fair to admit that I was a beeg fan of the work of both men before I ever saw this volume. It would be a treasured gift for that quirky, discerning friend.. Poet reflects on Artist Teresa Bailey A wonderful writing assignment I was introduced to it graduate school was to write a poem about a work of art. Poet Charles Simic has written a poem, prose and wonderful reflections - an assemblage of words - on the life and work of surrealist assemblage artist Joseph Cornell and his boxes. This is a treasure of a book if one is acquainted first with the work of Joseph Cornell.