‘Cornucopia’ Concert Review: Four Decades Into a Masterful Career, Björk’s Art Is Bolder Than Ever

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William Earl It’s been more than two decades since Björk’s once-maligned, now-revered Marjan Pejoski “swan dress” became the talk of the 73rd Academy Awards red carpet, and since then her way-left-of-center proclivities have become more and more commonplace.

Kanye West wearing a mask while performing the seismic Yeezus Tour? Lady Gaga’s meat outfit? Katy Perry’s singing, phallic mushrooms during her Vegas residency and latest “SNL” performance?

All seem directly sprung from the Icelandic singer’s performance art universe. But how can Björk herself grow and innovate now that pop culture has caught up?The answer, made clear in her lush stage piece “Cornucopia,” is to dive deeper into her obsessions than ever before.

The show largely reimagines Björk’s 2017 album “Utopia,” twisting the batch of love songs into a plea for the environment. In the final night of a three-night stand at L.A.’s Shrine Auditorium Tuesday night, dressed as fluffy clouds until the encore, Björk twirled and danced around a crowded stage filled with flautists, a harpist, a choir and a cutting-edge light spectacular which painted the Shrine’s gorgeous interior with morphing floral and fauna, some real, some imagined, some merging with Björk’s masked face.