Birds of a Feather

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Joseph Cornell’s Homage to Juan Gris

Mary Clare McKinley

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An insightful study of Joseph Cornell's fascination with the Cubist painter Juan Gris, shedding new light on the work of both artists

Joseph Cornell first viewed Cubist painter Juan Gris’s The Man at the Café in October 1953. This visual encounter prompted Cornell to create more than a dozen hand-constructed shadow boxes as homages to Gris, each featuring a variation on a motif that echoes formal elements in Gris’s painting.  This unique book explores Cornell’s deep fascination with Gris, uncovering within Cornell's work multiple allusions to Gris’s crucial influence and investigating cross-currents such as the artists’ shared interests in French culture and the ballet.  Birds of a Feather yields a new perspective on Cornell’s famed boxes while also shedding light on Gris’s painting, establishing points of connection between two key figures of the avant-garde who lived a generation apart.


Published by The Metropolitan Museum of Art/Distributed by Yale University Press


Exhibition Schedule:

The Metropolitan Museum of Art
(01/23/18–04/15/18)

Mary Clare McKinley is guest curator in the Department of Modern and Contemporary Art at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

EXHIBITION SCHEDULE

The Metropolitan Museum of Art
(01/23/18–04/15/18)

ISBN: 9781588396273
Publication Date: February 6, 2018
Publishing Partner: Published by The Metropolitan Museum of Art/Distributed by Yale University Press
96 pages, 7 x 9
65 color illus.