Sam Francis

Untitled, 1984

106.7 X 73 inch

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Joseph Cornell

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American artist and filmmaker Joseph Cornell was well known for his shadow box type works that featured various old pictures, assorted Victorian trinkets, items from dime stores, and assorted other things that he found laying around.
 
« Look at everything as though you are seeing it for the first time, with eyes of a child, fresh with wonder. »
Joseph Cornell
He was able to create works in which the whole was greater than the sum of its parts. His audiences were able to view these individual items in a completely different light. His boxes would speak to themes like birds, childhood, and space. Joseph Cornell, through his shadow boxes, was one of the first adopters of the form of art known as assemblage.
 
« Beauty should be shared for it enhances our joys. To explore its mystery is to venture towards the sublime. »
Joseph Cornell



Cornell’s work was technically in line with the Surrealism movement, though he would come to dismiss this classification. He was opposed to the erotic and violent aspects of Surrealism, but his work did incorporate such key Surrealistic elements such as the juxtaposition of various unexpected Read More

Joseph Cornell

The Smile In The Giftshop, 1960

Drawing / Watercolor

Mixed Media

USD 30,000 - 40,000

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What is appropriation?

What is appropriation?

The use of images or pre-existing objects with application of little or completely no transformation to them. It has played a very significant role in the history of visual, musical, performing and literary arts. In visual arts for instance, to appropriate means properly adopting, sampling, recycling or borrowing aspects(even entire form) of artificial visual culture.

Pierre SOULAGES | Eau-forte XXXII | Etching available for sale on composition gallery

Pierre Soulages

Eau-forte XXXII, 1974

Limited Edition Print

Etching

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Etel ADNAN | L'Express Beyrouth-Enfer | Etching available for sale on composition gallery

Etel Adnan

L'Express Beyrouth-Enfer, 2021

Limited Edition Print

Etching

USD 7,300

Mariam SITCHINAVA | Laundry 2 | Photograph available for sale on composition gallery

Mariam Sitchinava

Laundry 2, 2016

Photography

Photograph

EUR 1,500

Mariam SITCHINAVA | Fog in September 3 | Photograph available for sale on composition gallery

Mariam Sitchinava

Fog In September 3, 2021

Photography

Photograph

EUR 1,000