Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Celestial Ash


The Craft and Folk Art Museum in Los Angeles is having what looks like a very rad exhibit titled "Celestial Ash: Assemblages from Los Angeles." It is reportedly inspired by assemblage artist extraordinaire Joseph Cornell and features one of his works. Source Link Here.

I really like what is conjured up emotionally by these works. For me, it's in part documenting in the first a snippet from everyday existence, a sort of clue that someone has been in this spot but is not there anymore. What you want to assume about the person who occupies this space can be done so through what is left behind. And the other is very victorian ephemeral scrapbook collage with an interest in science, eh, entomology. And to be simple, they give great aesthetic.

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