I've been fascinated by Joseph Cornell's boxes for quite time, but never had a chance to read a good book on his life. The book I borrowed from the public library turned out to be an exceptional one: I will, definitely read it again some time....
Cornell, Joseph (1903-72), an American sculptor, one of the pioneers of assemblage, had no formal training in art . They say in his 'boxes' he combined 'the formal austerity of Constructivism with the lively fantasy of Surrealism'.
The Surrealists believed that the function of the poet or artist was to communicate the primary concept, not by describing it but selecting the appropriate word or image as symbol, which would act as stimulus or irritant to the senses of the spectator. This in turn would arouse multiple images and emotions to the senses of the spectator... like this one.
...or this one
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