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"Fantasy Worlds" by Deidi Von Schaewen and John Maizels, Taschen America, LLC, 1999.

This books makes me want to just get in the car and drive (except when there is that pesky ocean that makes it tricky.) It proves that creativity knows no boundaries, and it is striking to discover the universal similarities in themes and compositions.

 

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This reference includes information on the following:

Sites
Aeroplane—Punch Mbhele
Ave Maria Grotto—Joseph Zoettl
Black Moon Island—Errol McKenzie
The Buddha Park Garden—Luangpu ("Venerable Grandfather") Boonlour Sureerat
The Cement Menagerie—John Fairnington (?-1981) & James Beveridge
Nek Chand—The Rock Garden of Chandigarh
The Crazy Guest House—Dang Viet Nga
Cunégonde et Malabar—Ben Vautier
Das Haus der Künstler—August Walla, Oswald Tschirtner, Johann Garber
Queen Califla's Magical Circle—Niki de Saint Phalle
The Desert Sculpture Garden—Noah Purifoy
Desert View Tower and Boulder Park Caves—Bert Vaughn and M.T. Ratcliffe
Dickeyville Grotto—Father Matthias Wernerus
The Eagle Mount Motel—Anna Wayne Wolfer
Eldorádo—Frantisek Jaich
Grandview—Nick Engelbert
Forevertron—"Dr. Evermor" Tom Every
Paradise Gardens—Reverend Howard Finster
Garden of Eden—Samuel Perry (S.P.) Dinsmoor
Gillis a Barras—Jean Prosper Gillis
Glass Castle (aka The Bottle Castle)—George Plumb
Grotto of the Redemption—Father Paul Dobberstein
Heidelberg Project—Tyree Guyton
The House Of Miss Lassie—Gladwyn K. Bush
Il Castello incantato—Filippo Bentivegna
Il Parco dei Tarocchi (Tarot Garden)—Niki de Saint Phalle
Jardin du Coquillage—Bodan Litnianski
The Josef Váchal Museum—Josef Váchal
Junker House (Das Junkerhaus)—Karl Junker
Salvation Mountain—Leonard Knight
L'Helice Terrestre de L'Orbière—Jacques Warminski
La Bohème—Lucien Favreau
La Casa del Cavaliere—Giovanni Cammarata ("Il Cavaliere")
La Cathedrale—Jean Linard
La Cave aux sculptures
La Demeure Aux Figures—Roland Dutel
La Fabuloserie—Alain Bourbonnais
La Ferme Insolite—Arthur Vanabelle
La Ferme-Musée Barret—Franck Barret
La Frênouse (aka Le Musée Robert Tatin)—Robert Tatin
La Maison a Vaisselle Cassée (House of Broken Crockery)—Robert Vasseur
La Maison de Celle-Qui-Peint—Danielle Jacqui
La Maison Picassiette—Raymond Isidore
La Mona—Armando Garcia
La Scarzuola—Tomaso Buzzi
La Tour de l'Apocalypse (The Tower of the Apocalypse)—Robert Garcet
La Vallée des Totems
Las Pozas—Edward James
Le Bestiaire Fantastique—André Hardy
Le Jardin Coquillage—Bodan Litnianski
Le Jardin de Nous Deux (The Garden Of The Two Of Us)—Charles Billy
Le Jardin des Supplices—Martial Besse
Le Jardin Humoristique—Fernand Chatelain
Le Jardin Paradis—Monsieur Truc
Le Jardin Sculpte d'Albert Gabriel—Albert Gabriel
Le Jardin Zoologique—Emile Taugourdeau
Le Jardin Zoologique—Raymond Guitet
Le Manege de Petit Pierre (The Merry Go Round) —Pierre Avezard
Le Palais Idéal—Ferdinand Cheval
Le Parc-Exposition—Raymond Morales
Le Village d'Art Preludien—CHOMO (Roger Chomeaux)
Coral Castle—Edward Leedskalnin
Les Bois Aux Créatures—Pierre Rapeau and France Rapeau
Les Rochers Sculptés—Abbé Adolphe-Julien Fouré
The Little Chapel—Frère Déodat
Litto's Hubcap Ranch—Emanuel "Litto" Damonte
Land of Pasaquan—Eddie Owens Martin (St. EOM)
Jeff McKissack's Orange Show
John Milkovisch's Beer Can House
Miracle Cross Garden—W.C. Rice
The Moorage (aka Junk Castle)—Vic and Bobbie Moore
Mystique and Mystic—Marquis José Juan Scicluna
Fox Point Art Yard—Mary Nohl
The Old Trapper's Lodge—John Ehn
Owl House and Camel Yard—Helen Martin with Koos Malgas
Painted Stone Garden—Nukain Mabusa
Paper House—Elis Stenman
Prairie Moon Sculpture Garden—Herman Rusch
Bottle Village—Grandma Prisbrey
Watts Towers—Simon Rodia
Rönkkönen's Sculpture Garden—Veijo Rönkkönen
Rudolph Grotto Gardens and Wonder Cave—Fr. Philip Wagner and Edmund Rybicki
The Sacred Groves Of Oshogbo—Susanne Wenger
Sculpture House And Garden—William Morey
The Sedlec Ossuary
Shell House And Gardens—George Howard
Vollis Simpson—Windmill Park
Fred Smith's Wisconsin Concrete Park
Thunder Mountain Monument —Frank "Chief Rolling Mountain Thunder" Van Zandt
Tiger Balm Gardens—Aw Boon Haw
Ed Galloway's Totem Pole Park
Richart's Ruins (aka The Art Yard)—Richard Tracy
Underground Gardens—Baldasare Forestiere
The Walker Rock Garden—Milton and Florence Walker
The Wat Khaek Buddha Park—Luangpu ("Venerable Grandfather") Boonlour Sureerat
The Wat Thawet Learning Garden—Phra Sumroeng
The Watford Shell Garden—Bill & Elizabeth Charge
Wegner Grotto—Paul and Matilda Wegner
Weinrebenpark (Vine Park)—Bruno Weber
Museums / Collections
American Visionary Art Museum (AVAM)
Grassroots Art Center
La Halle Saint Pierre
Raw Vision
Organizations
Folk Art Society of America
Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art
The Jargon Society
Kohler Foundation, Inc.
The Nek Chand Foundation
Preserve Bottle Village Organization
SPACES—Saving and Preserving Arts and Cultural Environments
Reference / Web Sites
Collection de l' Art Brut—Jean Dubuffet
Raw Vision

 
 



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