By Jonathan Shih
Birds of a feather: Artist Joseph Cornell is best known for his groundbreaking assemblage work. From his home in Queens, New York, he assembled an intriguing array of objects in glass-fronted wooden boxes, creating self-contained worlds filled with emblems of his fantasies, musings, yearnings, delights, and regrets. Each box's formal structure implies a narrative, yet the mysterious components reveal no forthright message. Instead, his works invite viewers to imagine stories, travel into the past, and play and dream like a child.
Flock together: Explore Joseph Cornell's "Untitled (Aviary with Yellow Birds)" (c. 1948) in "Revolutions."
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