Hernandez, Jo Farb

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San Jose State UniversitySJSU ScholarWorksFaculty Publications Art and Art History & Design Departments4-1-2012Leonard Knight’s Salvation MountainJo Farb HernandezSan Jose State University, Jo.Hernandez@sjsu.eduFollow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/artdesign_pubPart of the Art and Design CommonsThis Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Art and Art History & Design Departments at SJSU ScholarWorks. It has been acceptedfor inclusion in Faculty Publications by an authorized administrator of SJSU ScholarWorks. For more information, please contactscholarworks@sjsu.edu.Recommended CitationJo Farb Hernandez. "Leonard Knight’s Salvation Mountain" Raw Vision (2012): 16.USA . 1 NEWS IO''.Z-=c.... TESTIMONIOS until May 6, 2012 Currently, El Museo del Barrio is present ing its LEONARD KNIGHT'S SALVATION MOUNTAIN )o Farb Hernandez reports : Leonard Knight, creator of Salvation Mountain, has been moved to an assisted living facility and is not expected to return to the Mountain. For almost thirty years, Knight applied brightly coloured adobe to this three-story mountainside in the California desert, forming flowers, waterfalls, and rivers to enhance bi blical verses that proclaimed his message 'God is Love' . Supporters are fo rming an organisation with the hope of preserving Knight's masterpiece for future generations, but there remain significant security and stability challenges. For further information, contact SPACES. infordspacesarchives org Youtube: WALKEVEUB for videos by Kevin Eubank. ~ ~ "' -e ...., ·~ 0 Q Q. "' 'i ::! § 0 E ~ 2 ~ ~ Al l THINGS ROUND AT AVAM Mays. 2012 AVAM's annual Kineti c Sculpture Race swaps cars for human powered sculptures designed to travel on land, mud and water. The winners receive medals for finishing in the middle and next· to·the·last as well as serious prizes for art and engineering. until September 2, 2012 Meanwhile, All Thi ngs Round- Galaxies, Eyeballs and Karma, AYAM's 17th annual mega·exhibition continues until September and is a celebration of the circular and voluptuous nature of life. Featuring exuberant wo rks of over seventy inspired, intuitive artists includin g Scott Weaver's 100,000 toothpick wonder, Rolling Through The Bay; Adolf Wolfli's intricate mandala-like works; spherical sculptures of artists who are sight·impaired; the micro dot sock-thread embroideries of Ray Materson ; and more! AMERICAN VISIONARY 4RT MUSEUM, Boo Key Hwy, Baltimore, MD 21230 tel: 410 244 1900 www.avam.org STRANGER IN PARADISE until june 3, 2012 Stranger in Paradise is the first major retrospective of folk art icon Reverend Howard Finster. The self· proclaimed 'Man of Visions' is one of America's most widely known and prolific folk artists who produced over 46,ooo artworks before his death in 2001. AKRON ART MUSEUM One South High, Akron. Ohio 44308 tel: 330 376 9185 www.akronartmuseum.org exhibition Testimonios. The exhibition draws on rarely seen works by non -traditionally trained makers from El Museo del Barrio's permanent collection and loans from the New York area. It looks at artistic manifestat ions created under difficult circumstances or for spiritual or communal celebrations. EL MUSEO DEL BARRIO 1230 Fifth Avenue at 104th Street. New York. NY 10029 tel: 212 66o 7165 www.elmuseo.org GALERIE BONHEUR Galerie Bonheur is due to expand their gallery to locations in Santa Fe, Florida, and Pittsburgh. For more info contact: gbonheur@aol.com JOhn bartonamencan VISIOf)Bry art museum RV/75• 16 

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