Paradise Garden
Author | : Robert Peacock |
Publisher | : Chronicle Books (CA) |
Total Pages | : 128 |
Release | : 1996 |
ISBN-10 | : UCSD:31822021408380 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 (80 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: A truly remarkable pictorial homage to Howard Finster's spiritual and artistic "garden" outside of Atlanta, Georgia. Finster has been busy for the last 25 years creating a kind of mystical Disney World populated by "found" sculpture, paintings, and writings. It would be easy to dismiss Finster as a "kook," but the contributing photographers ably capture for posterity the man's work with a loving detail that conveys the powerful urgency of his art. The color photographs are accompanied by Finster's own descriptions of how he created the garden, and commentary by fans such as David Byrne. Lacks an index. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR