Dime-store Alchemy
The Art of Joseph Cornell
New York Review Books · Print & ebook · September 20, 2011
Now in Paperback In 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.
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- Who it’s for
- Simic’s spare, luminous prose offers a poetic way into Joseph Cornell’s life and work.
- Themes
- Surrealist art, Found-object art
- Genres
- Artist Essays, Artists' Lives, Art Criticism & Ideas
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Now in Paperback In 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.
Art in Small Frames
Simic’s spare, luminous prose offers a poetic way into Joseph Cornell’s life and work.
Come here for
- A poet’s reflections on a singular American artist
- The pull of Cornell’s mysterious boxes of found objects
Expect
- Spare prose with an enchanting, luminous quality
- An artistic life seen through a poet’s sensibility
Where it sits
| Artist Essays | 63% |
|---|---|
| Artists' Lives | 57% |
| Art Criticism & Ideas | 30% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- American Art
- Artist Essays
- American Poetry
- Authors
- Charles Simic
- Publisher
- New York Review Books
- Published
- September 20, 2011
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Surrealist art · Found-object art
- Reading lane
- American Art