Joseph Cornell's 'Poetic Theaters' From: The Washington Post | Date: November 24, 2006| Author: | Copyright 2006 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information

As the artist John Baldessari once said, "As soon as you put two things together, you have a story."

That line has been rattling around in my head recently, thanks to the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, which had quoted it in connection with Baldessari's hand-picked reinstallation of works from that museum's permanent collection. Yet it's equally apt in reference to another exhibition, "Joseph Cornell: Navigating the Imagination," on view at the Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Take Cornell's "Home, Poor Heart, You Cannot Rediscover If the Dream Alone Does Not Suffice, Holderlin," for ...

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