Tomorrows much anticipated Journey to the Chicago Institute of Art has got me thinking about the first artist I felt a beating connection with, Joseph Cornell. The Chicago Institute of Art houses many of Cornell's works, though at present, his collection is spaced across the globe. Cornell is largely known for the construction of his countless miniature wooden dioramas, spanning every size, shape, and sundry fantastical combination of objects imaginable. Some of these boxes were built for children though most served a purely aesthetic purpose, composing a literal window into allegorical thoughts of Cornell himself. What is less known about Cornell is his dabbling in film, where his ribbon and twine collage style conspicuously predominates. Cornell works can be found in nearly every major art museum in the Western hemisphere.
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