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Behind the Brain of a Genius Exhibit: ONGOING
When walking through the paths of Paradise Garden or walking through the halls of a Howard Finster exhibit, multiple questions come to mind. One of the questions that is almost certain to appear is, “How did he do all of his work?” With 46,991 pieces of sacred art and over two and a half acres of an art environment, Finster has one of the most quantitatively intense careers of a folk artist.
Finster’s process is still relatively unknown to the public. In both his painting cut-outs and his garden, Finster generated a unique process to produce art. In the garden, he used molds and patterns to create the cement wonder that is known as the Mosaic Garden. With his painting cut-outs, he used original templates he crafted to produce the sheer volume of work that he needed to fulfill the demand for his art.
With previously unseen items from Howard Finster’s own archives, Paradise Garden Curatorial Archivist Fellow, Mary Shewan, has created an exhibit entirely dedicated to the amazing art process Howard used to create his art. From templates to cut-outs to molds, come take a look into the brain of the visionary artist, Howard Finster.