DJ Simpson

Joseph Cornell

Joseph Cornell was not a sculptor, a draftsman, or a painter. This internationally renowned modern artist never had professional training. He was first and foremost a collector. He loved to scour old book shops and secondhand stores of new York looking for souvenirs, theatrical memorabilia, old prints and photographs, music scores, and French literature.

Joseph Cornell was born on Christmas Eve 1903. He was the oldest of four children born to Helen and Joseph Cornell. He had two sisters, Betty and Helen, and a brother, Robert.
Cornell grew up in a grand house in Nyack, New York, a picturesque Victorian town on the Hudson River. Cornell's parents shared their love of music, ballet, and literature with their children. Evenings were spent around the piano, or listening to music on the family Victrola. Trips to New York meant vaudeville shows in Times Square or magic acts at the Hippodrome. His father often returned from his job in Manhattan with new sheet music, silver charms, or a pocket full of candy. But Cornell's childhood was not without sadness. His brother, born with cerebral palsy, was confined to a wheelchair. Joseph, who was extremely attached to Robert, became his principal caretaker.

Markus Raetz

mirror work

Thoughts (butterfly)

Gary Stephan

	Born in Brooklyn, NY, 1942
	Lives and works in New York City & Stone Ridge, NY

	Born in Brooklyn, NY, 1942
	Lives and works in New York City & Stone Ridge, NY

mirror art....and stillness

porcelain sculpture

Lucio Fountana

Lisa Kellner

 

http://www.lisakellner.com/index.php

james abbott mcneill whistler

Nocturne: Blue and Silver - Chelsea 1871

Oil on wood
support: 502 x 608 mm frame: 685 x 825 x 45 mm
painting

Bequeathed by Miss Rachel and Miss Jean Alexander 1972. T01571

 "It has always been mildly upsetting to see Whistler in Turner's shadow. It's the site-specific quality in Whistler rather than the grand allegories of Turner which draw me in. Site-specific and bordering on abstraction, devoid of queasy narrative or maundering description. You can practically feel the roar of the speeding cars and lorries from the embankment in this view of the Thames..."

 

my photographs

                                                  

                                                  

Uta Barth

rebecca horn