![]() ![]() Dubois’s acrylic artwork, with its layers of paint and woodlike textures, somewhat recalls the weathered paint style seen in many of Cornell’s boxes, and there is loving attention paid to the detailed depiction of Cornell’s tiny treasures, but his figures often have a mannequin-like flatness. Indeed, Fleming includes this quote from the artist in her note: “The question is not what you look at, but what you see.” The book, however, does not spend much time looking at his boxes or concerning itself with Cornell’s artistic career as an adult, focusing instead on his childhood collecting and the lead up to his first art show: in his family’s barn in Nyack, NY, as a young teen. For Cornell, the emotional resonance and meaning behind his arrangement of odd and ends was most apparent to children, who could more easily tap into their imaginative powers. In the Author’s Note, Fleming explains that Joseph Cornell, known for his found art and collage shadow boxes, began collecting objects and ephemera as a young child-and never stopped. A brief glimpse into the early life and first artistic stirrings of a great American artist. ![]()
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