Joseph Cornell: Wanderlust

Following on from the success of Lucian Freud in 2013, this major loan exhibition will examine the life and work of American artist Joseph Cornell (1903-1972). One of the most reclusive and unconventional artists of the twentieth century, Cornell created an extraordinary world of objects, collages, boxes and films that reveal a fascination with astronomy, ballet, opera, literature, nature, and a deep love of European culture and history. Seen as a whole, it represents a modern-day Kunstkammer, and demonstrates the enormous influence that Cornell had on the development of Abstract Expressionism, Pop Art and Minimalism.

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