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Submitted by The Director (View user info) at 2006-10-25 03:30:26 EDT
Cornell, Joseph (1903-72). American sculptor, one of the pioneers and most celebrated exponents of assemblage.
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"He had no formal training in art and his most characteristic works are his highly distinctive `boxes'. These are simple boxes, usually glass-fronted, in which he arranged surprising collections of photographs or Victorian bric-à-brac in a way that has been said to combine the formal austerity of Constructivism with the lively fantasy of Surrealism. Like Kurt Schwitters he could create poetry from the commonplace. Unlike Schwitters, however, he was fascinated not by refuse, garbage, and the discarded, but by fragments of once beautiful and precious objects, relying on the Surrealist technique of irrational juxtaposition and on the evocation of nostalgia for his appeal (he befriended several members of the Surrealist movement who settled in the USA during the Second World War). Cornell also painted and made Surrealist films."
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Submitted by Astra (user info) at 2008-05-18 09:44:55 EDT (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by maf54 (user info) at 2008-05-13 08:28:32 EDT (#)
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My wife left me and i became an alcoholic cunt... someone call me a waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaambulance!!
Submitted by Axolotl (user info) at 2006-10-27 00:09:22 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
In my country there is problem
And the problem is the Jew
He will take all your money
And not give it back to you
Throw the Jew down the well
So my country can be free
You must grab him by the horns
And we have a big party
Submitted by UnderOathMeal (user info) at 2006-10-26 23:58:00 EDT (#)
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crap
Submitted by Crystle (user info) at 2006-10-25 23:37:05 EDT (#)
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I've never really been a fan of shadow boxes, but some of these are cool.
Submitted by kaos-king (user info) at 2006-10-25 16:30:35 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
APW = Auto +2
Submitted by Susie_Derkins (user info) at 2006-10-25 09:27:49 EDT (#)
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Different than anything I've seen here to date. We were shown a surrealist film in school where someone's eyeball was cut with a razor. We were later informed that it was the eyeball from a dead cow, but it was still nasty. Surrealists are a weird bunch, but produce some of the most baffling and fascinating art around.
Submitted by CaptainThorns (user info) at 2006-10-25 08:51:58 EDT (#)
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Submitted by zoobie2000 (user info) at 2006-10-25 07:36:47 (#)
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WTF is this???
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Stupidity that defies words.
Submitted by zoobie2000 (user info) at 2006-10-25 07:36:47 EDT (#)
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WTF is this???
Submitted by locksly (user info) at 2006-10-25 04:11:38 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
In the meantime, PEOPLE ARE STARVING TO DEATH IN AFRICA!
Submitted by Stagger_Lee (user info) at 2006-10-25 03:49:33 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
The doll behind the twigs is freaky-town.