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Type of artistic installation
A view of the Camel Yard at
The Owl House , a South African visionary environment created by Helen Martins.
A visionary environment or fantasy world is a large
artistic installation , often on the scale of a building or
sculpture parks , intended to express a vision of its creator. The subjective and 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 visionary environments
Jim Bishop:
Bishop Castle (US)
Aw Boon Haw (胡文虎) (sponsor/concept):
Haw Par Villa (Singapore),
Tiger Balm Garden (Hong Kong)
Johann Michael Bossard :
Kunststätte Bossard (Germany)
Peter Camani : Midlothian Castle (
Screaming Heads ) (Canada)
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)
María Ángeles Fernández Cuesta : Arguedas, Navarre environment (Spain)
Samuel P. Dinsmoor : Garden of Eden (US)
Lluís Domènech i Montaner :
Palau de la Música Catalana (Spain)
Kevin Duffy: Rectory Garden Centre, Tudor Village (UK) (
official site )
Howard Finster : Paradise Garden (US)
Tom Every :
Forevertron (US)
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)
Randy Gilson:
Randyland (US)
Manfred Gnädinger : The Museum of the German (Spain)
Annie Hooper : Bible Stories (US)
Friedensreich Hundertwasser :
Hundertwasserhaus (Austria),
Quixote Winery (California),
Waldspirale ,
Grüne Zitadelle von Magdeburg (
German Wikipedia article ) (Germany)
Raymond Isidore:
Maison Picassiette (
French Wikipedia article ) (France)
Mollie Jenson : Art Exhibit (US)
Karl Junker (
German Wikipedia article ):
Junkerhaus (
German Wikipedia article ) (Germany)
Sergei Kirillov (С.И.Кириллов):
Kirillov's house (Russia)
Leonard Knight:
Salvation Mountain (US)
George Paul Kornegay , near Brent, Alabama (US)
Chalermchai Kositpipat (เฉลิมชัย โฆษิตพิพัฒน์):
Wat Rong Khun (Thailand)
Bill Lishman :
Underground house (Canada)
Helen Martins:
The Owl House (South Africa)
Jeff D. McKissack: The Orange Show (US)
John Milkovisch: The Beer Can House (US)
Đặng Việt Nga:
Hằng Nga Guesthouse (Vietnam)
Mary Nohl Art Environment (US)
Eddie Owens Martin:
Pasaquan (US)
Pirro Ligorio :
Gardens of Bomarzo (Italy)
Tressa Prisbrey:
Bottle Village (US)
Ron's Place (UK)
Simon Rodia :
Watts Towers (US)
Nek Chand Saini (नेक चंद सैणी):
Rock Garden of Chandigarh (India)
Niki de Saint Phalle :
The Garden of Tarot (Italy)
Jules Senis:
Jardin Rosa Mir (
French Wikipedia article ) (France)
Vollis Simpson : Windmill Park (US)
Bunleua Sulilat (บุญเหลือ สุรีรัตน์):
Buddha Park (Laos),
Sala Keoku (Thailand)
Robert Tatin (
French Wikipedia article ): Musée Robert Tatin (France)
Kea Tawana : Ark (US)
Billy Tripp :
The Mindfield (US)
Lek Viriyaphant (เล็ก วิริยะพันธุ์) (sponsor/concept):
Sanctuary of Truth ,
Erawan Museum ,
Ancient Siam (Thailand)
Jacques Warminski : L’Hélice terrestre (France) (
official site )
Bruno Weber :
Bruno Weber Park (Switzerland)
Isaiah Zagar :
Philadelphia's Magic Gardens (US)
various artists : The
Albany Bulb (US)
See also
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)
External links