This and That: Joseph Cornell and Wes Anderson

by Caleb Bell August 1, 2022

“This and That” is an occasional series of paired observations. See past “This and That” posts here. – Ed.

Today: Pink Mansions

A shadowbox artwork featuring a collage of a large, pink house. There are twigs, representing trees, coming from behind the house.

Joseph Cornell (1903–1972), “Rose Castle,” 1945, assemblage, 11 1/2 × 14 15/16 × 4 1/16 inches. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Kay Sage Tanguy Bequest; © The Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

A poster for Wes Anderson's failm The Grand Budapest Hotel. The poster features the name of the film, and actor credit lines, and features the image of the hotel, which is a large pink building sitting in front of a mountainous backdrop.

Movie poster for Wes Anderson’s “The Grand Budapest Hotel” (2014)

 

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No matter how original, innovative or crazy your idea, someone else is also working on that idea. Furthermore, they are using notation very similar to yours. – Bruce J. MacLennan

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Garry Reece August 7, 2022 - 12:48

Sure hope brother Anderson’s movie is about more than ‘whiteness’, cause that’s all Cornell’s art was about; I’m talking Crispy Creme, Shipley’s powdered donut whiteness.

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