Utopia Parkway: The Life and Work of Joseph Cornell
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Utopia Parkway: The Life and Work of Joseph Cornell
By (Author) Deborah Solomon
Other Press LLC
Other Press LLC
13th October 2015
United States
Classifications
Physical Properties
Paperback
566
Width 152mm, Height 229mm
710g
Description
Few artists ever led a stranger life than Joseph Cornell, the self-taught American genius prized for his enigmatic shadow boxes, who stands at the intersection of Surrealism, Abstract Expressionism, and Pop Art. Legends about Cornell abound - the shy hermit, the devoted family caretaker, the artistic innocent - but never before has he been presented for what he was: a brilliant, relentlessly serious artist whose stature has now reached monumental proportions.
Reviews
Deborah Solomons admirable biography illuminates the life of the man without diminishing the mystery of his art. New York Magazine
A principal virtue of this biography . . . is that it challenges in a very authoritative way the received idea of Cornell as merely the timorous recluse, the marginal artist of Utopia Parkway.
James R. Mellow,New York Times Book Review
"As perfectly composed, richly nuanced and quietly surprising as one of Cornell'sboxes."Donna Seaman,Chicago Tribune
"Deborah Solomon's clear-eyed and sympathetic narrative does for [Cornell's] life whathe, as an artist, did for his penny world...It is a book about Cornell I would not dare tohave hoped for in our mean and deconstructionist age."Arthur C. Danto, Art Critic,TheNation
Fascinating reading . . . Skillfully weaving together fact, anecdote, and conjecture, Solomon brings Cornells place in the art world and his legacy to artists of the younger generation into sharp focus. Allison Kemmerer,Boston Book Review
Author Bio
Deborah Solomon is a nationally acclaimed art critic, journalist, and biographer. She writes primarily for the New York Times, and her weekly column, "Questions For," ran in the New York Times Magazine from 2003 to 2011. Her art reviews appear regularly on WNYC Radio. Solomon was educated at Cornell University and received a master's degree from the Columbia University School of Journalism. She lives in New York City with her family.
