Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1780934157 ISBN 13: 9781780934150

Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic, 2014

Joseph Cornell is one of the most significant American artists of the twentieth century. His work is highly visible in the the world's most prestigious galleries, including the Tate Modern and MOMA. His famous boxes and his collage work have been admired and widely studied.

However, Cornell also produced an extraordinary body of film work, a serious contribution to 20th-century avant-garde cinema, and this has been much less examined.

In this book, Michael Piggott makes the case for the significance of Joseph Cornell's films. This is an important contribution to our knowledge of twentieth century culture for scholars and students of film and art history and American studies and for all those interested in pop culture, celebrity and fandom.

Book Description:

American artist Joseph Cornell produced an extraordinary body of film work which is much less well known than his famous boxes and collage works. This book makes the case for the films' significance in the history of the 20th-century avant-garde.

About the Author:

Michael Pigott is Assistant Professor of Video Art and Digital Media, a post shared equally across the departments of History of Art, Film and Television Studies and the School of Theatre, Performance and Cultural Policy Studies at the University of Warwick, UK.