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Peter Blake

Joseph Cornell's Holiday

October 3 – November 2, 2019

Peter Blake

Peter Blake 
Joseph Cornelll's Holiday - Brussels. 'Tea with some surealists', 2018
Collage 
88.5 x 87 cm

Peter Blake

Peter Blake 
Joseph Cornell's Holiday - Blackpool. 'Fancy Dress Party in the Tower Ballroom', 2017
Collage 
88.5 x 87 cm 

Peter Blake

Peter Blake 
Joseph Cornell's Holiday - Rome. 'Street Market', 2018
Collage 
88.5 x 87 cm
 

Peter Blake

Peter Blake 
Joseph Cornell's Holiday - London. Kensington Gardens, with the Albert Memorial & Royal Albert Hall. 'The Butterfly Man.' 2018
Collage 
88.5 x 87 cm 

Peter Blake

Peter Blake 
Joseph Cornell's Holiday - 'Joseph presents the box about him, to Ludwig II of Bavaria', 2018
Collage
88.5 x 87 cm 

Peter Blake

Peter Blake 
Joseph Cornell's Holiday - Prague. 'Aviary', 2017
Collage
88.5 x 87 cm 

Peter Blake

Peter Blake 
Joseph Cornell's Holiday - Swansea. 'Exhibition of work by Mucha' 2017
Collage
88.5 x 87 cm 

Peter Blake

Peter Blake 
Joseph Cornell's Holiday - Stonehenge, 2017
Collage 
30 x 30 cm 

Peter Blake

Peter Blake
Joseph Cornell's Holiday - Vienna, 2017
Collage 
30 x 30 cm 

Peter Blake

Peter Blake 
Joseph Cornell's Holiday - Dungeness, 2017
Collage 
30 x 30 cm

Peter Blake

Peter Blake 
Joseph Cornell's Holiday - Blackpool. 'Desperate Dan Convention', 2017
Collage 
30 x 30 cm 

Peter Blake

Peter Blake 
Joseph Cornell's Holiday - Largo Maggiore, 2017
Collage 
30 x 30 cm 

Peter Blake

Peter Blake 
Joseph Cornell's Holiday - Copenhagen. 'The Little Mermaid', 2017
Collage 
30 x 30 cm 

Peter Blake

Peter Blake 
Joseph Cornell's Holiday - Moscow, 2017
Collage 
30 x 30 cm 

Peter Blake  Joseph Cornell's Holiday - Capri, The Blue Grotto, Italy, 2015

Peter Blake 
Joseph Cornell's Holiday - Capri, The Blue Grotto, Italy, 2015
 

About

Opening Reception October 3, 6 - 8 PM.

Wetterling Gallery is proud to present the exhibition Joseph Cornell’s Holiday by Sir Peter Blake. The American artist Joseph Cornell (1903- 1972) has been a great inspiration for Peter Blake. Cornell is sometimes referred to as Americas first surrealist, working with shadow boxes in which he arranged fragments of found objects. He also made films and collages. Joseph Cornell lived a rather isolated life taking care of his mother and disabled brother, basically never leaving the New York City area. In the exhibition Joseph Cornell’s Holiday, Peter Blake sends out Cornell on a travel through Europe. In a large number of paper collages Blake lets Cornell visit places he couldn’t travel to in his own life. In conjunction to the exhibition we are happy to show a small retrospective presentation of Blakes work. Both exhibitions will run from October 3 - November 2.

Peter Blake is often referred to as the Godfather of British Pop Art. As painter, sculptor, draughtsman and printmaker Peter Blake set out to make art as accessible and pervasive as pop music. To this end, Blake’s paintings and collages embrace the emblems and iconography of popular culture, with homages to Marilyn Monroe, Brigitte Bardot, Elvis Presley and professional wrestlers. Best known for his record sleeve cover for The Beatles’ Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, Blake continues to be associated with the music world by designing album covers. A fan of iconic legends and the ever-expanding practices of imitation and reproducibility, Blake’s “popular art” continues to be a highly influential and enduring presence.