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    Howard Finster began constructing an elaborate sculpture garden called Paradise Garden in 1960 in Pennville, Georgia next to his home, filling in a former community dump over seven years. The garden is now a marvel filled with hundreds of mixed-media sculptures and folk art installations incorporating found objects, with the goal of evangelism and illustrating biblical passages to visitors. Finster's work at Paradise Garden brought him fame later in life as one of the most exhibited folk artists in America.

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    Howard Finster began constructing an elaborate sculpture garden called Paradise Garden in 1960 in Pennville, Georgia next to his home, filling in a former community dump over seven years. The garden is now a marvel filled with hundreds of mixed-media sculptures and folk art installations incorporating found objects, with the goal of evangelism and illustrating biblical passages to visitors. Finster's work at Paradise Garden brought him fame later in life as one of the most exhibited folk artists in America.

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    HowardFinster:ManofVisions

    AviewofParadiseGarden,Pennville,Georgia

    ParadiseGarden:SacredTrash

    In1960,HowardFinsterbeganconstructionofanelaboratesculpturegardeninatwoandahalfacre
    swampnexttohishouseinPennville,Georgia.Firsthefilledinwhathadbeenacommunitydump:
    "Ittookmesevenyearstofillinthatswampofrichmuckthatwentthreetofourfeetindepth."
    (Turner,p.54)Somewhatmiraculously,thegardentodayisamarvel,withatowermadeoutofrusted
    bicycleframes,walkwaysinlaidwithmirrorsandcastoffjewelry,andhundredsofindividualmixed
    mediacreations.ItisavisionofEden,builtupoutofadumpandconstructedoftrash.Finster's
    combinationoftextandvisualformsprovidesthevisitorwithatrulyuniqueexperience,thepointof
    whichistheBiblicaledificationofthesoul,accordingtotheartist.Manyotherexamplesofthissort
    ofearthlyparadiseexistinthetraditionoffolkart(Dewhurst,pp.8587),butFinster'ssocalled
    "ParadiseGarden"isespeciallystrikinginitsovertlyevangelicaltheme.Liketheeightfootconcrete
    shoebearingaversefromEphesians,"Andyourfeetshodwiththepreparationofthegospelof
    peace,"manyofthepieceswithinthegardenillustrateBiblicalpassages,sothat,likehisdaughter
    said,"Anyonecouldunderstanditthatway."

    TrashCanfromParadiseGarden

    Therearecertainlycuriousdetails,likethejarcontainingthetonsilsofaboywhovisitedthegarden
    immediatelyfollowingtheirremoval.Thepurposeofsuchpiecesseemstobetoprovidethevisitor
    withaninterestingexperience,tokeepitfunandslightlyweird,tobringinthecrowds.Andbringin
    thecrowdsitdoes,allowingFinsterlotsofcompanyandperhapstheoccasionallostsoulreadyforthe
    wordofGod.
    AlsoonthepropertyisthemorerecentadditionofaweddingcakelikebuildingthatFinstercallsthe
    "World'sFolkArtChurch."Interestingly,thewords"folkart"couldnothavebeenapartofFinster's
    vocabularyuntilhis"discovery"bythemediaandtheartestablishment,intheearly1980's.Sincethat
    time,hehasbecomethemostexhibited"folkartist"inAmericaandhasevenappearedonThe
    TonightShowwithJohnnyCarsonandpaintedalbumcoversforrockgroupslikeR.E.M.andthe
    TalkingHeads.

    TheWorld'sFolkArtChurchinParadiseGarden

    Continue:EverythingisSacred

    ReturntothebeginningofHowardFinster:ManofVisions

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