Cassiopeia 1

Location: the Estate of Joseph Cornell (New York, the USA).

The central place in the work is given to the constellation Cassiopeia, next to which is the image of Taurus, and the upper part of the installation is occupied by the moon ball, which seems to hang over them, giving pressure by its mass. The objects in the box are arranged in such a way that they create a feeling of depth and space outside their walls, and a viewer feels that he is looking into a narrow gap leading to another world. A much darker and gloomier work, compared to previous creations, speaks of the difficulties that the artist experienced during its creation. His brother and mother were experiencing serious health problems, which perhaps prompted Cornell to think about what lay beyond human existence.