Visionary environments
Visionary environments ("fantasy worlds") are extensive/large-scale artistic installations (buildings, sculpture parks, etc.) intended to capture intense subjective/personal experiences (dreams, fantasies, obsessions, etc.) of their creators. The subjective/personal nature of these projects often implies a marginal status for the artists involved, and there is a strong association between visionary environments and outsider art.
List of contemporary visionary environments by artist name
- Aw Boon Haw (胡文虎) (sponsor/concept): Haw Par Villa (Singapore), Tiger Balm Garden (Hong Kong)
- Jim Bishop: Bishop Castle (USA)
- Johann Michael Bossard: Kunststätte Bossard (Germany)
- Ferdinand Cheval: Le Palais idéal (France)
- Jean Cocteau: Chapelle Saint-Pierre à Villefranche-sur-Mer, Chapelle Sainte-Blaise des Simples de Milly-la-Forêt (France)
- Lluís Domènech i Montaner: Palau de la Música Catalana (Spain)
- Kevin Duffy: Rectory Garden Centre, Tudor Village (UK) (official site)
- Tom Every: Forevertron (USA)
- Howard Finster: Paradise Garden (USA)
- Robert Garcet (French Wikipedia article): Tour d'Eben-Ezer (French Wikipedia article) (Belgium)
- Antoni Gaudí: Park Güell, Sagrada Família, Casa Batlló, Casa Milà, Casa Vicens (Spain)
- Manfred Gnädinger: The Museum of the German (Spain)
- Hang Viet Nga: Hang Nga guesthouse (Vietnam)
- Annie Hooper: Bible Stories (USA)
- Friedensreich Hundertwasser: Hundertwasserhaus (Austria), Quixote Winery (California), Waldspirale, Grüne Zitadelle von Magdeburg (German Wikipedia article) (Germany)
- Raymond Isidore: Maison Picassiette (French Wikipedia article) (France)
- Molly Jenson: Art Exhbit (USA)
- Karl Junker (German Wikipedia article): Junkerhaus (German Wikipedia article) (Germany)
- Sergei Kirillov (С.И.Кириллов): Kirillov's house (Russia)
- Leonard Knight: Salvation Mountain (USA)
- Chalermchai Kositpipat (เฉลิมชัย โฆษิตพิพัฒน์): Wat Rong Khun (Thailand)
- Bill Lishman: Underground house (Canada)
- Eddie Owens Martin: Pasaquan (USA)
- Helen Martins: The Owl House (South Africa)
- Mary Nohl Art Environment (USA)
- Tressa Prisbrey: Bottle Village (USA)
- Simon Rodia: Watts Towers (USA)
- Nek Chand Saini (नेक चंद सैणी): Rock Garden of Chandigarh (India)
- Niki de Saint Phalle: The Tarot Garden (Italy)
- Jules Senis: Jardin Rosa Mir (French Wikipedia article) (France)
- Vollis Simpson: Windmill Park (USA)
- Bunleua Sulilat (บุญเหลือ สุรีรัตน์): Buddha Park (Laos), Sala Keoku (Thailand)
- Robert Tatin (French Wikipedia article): Musée Robert Tatin (France)
- Kea Tawana: Ark (USA)
- Lek Viriyaphant (เล็ก วิริยะพันธุ์) (sponsor/concept): Sanctuary of Truth, Erawan Museum, Ancient City (Thailand)
- Jacques Warminski: L’Hélice terrestre (France) (official site)
- Bruno Weber: Der Weinrebenpark (Switzerland)
- Isaiah Zagar: Philadelphia's Magic Gardens (USA)
- various artists: The Albany Bulb (USA)
References
- John Maizels, Deidi von Schaewen (photo), Angelika Taschen (ed.), Fantasy Worlds, Taschen (2007)
- John Maizels (ed.), Raw Vision Outsider Art Sourcebook, Raw Vision Ltd (2002)
- John Beardsley, Gardens of Revelation: Environments by Visionary Artists, Abbeville Press (1995)
- Roger Manley, Mark Sloan, Jonathan Williams, Ted Degener (photo), Marcus Schubert (photo), John Blumb (photo), Ron Byers (photo), Self-Made Worlds, Aperture (2005)
- Leslie Umberger, Erika Doss, Ruth Kohler, Lisa Stone, Sublime Spaces and Visionary Worlds: Built Environments of Vernacular Artists, Princeton Architectural Press (2007)
See also
- Visionary environments (Wikipedia category listing)
- Saving and Preserving Arts and Cultural Environments
External links
- http://spacesarchives.org
- http://www.rawvision.com/sourcebook/sourcebook.html
- http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/offthemap/html/travelogue_menu.htm
- http://outsider-environments.blogspot.com/
- http://www.shrines.tv/
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