erika nelson

Self-Made Worlds: Meet the Makers of Hand-built Art Environments, Where the Creative Spirit Reigns

Public Art Review  Issue #50, Spring/Summer 2014


This article was written as an introduction to the motivations of artist-built environment creators, outside of the commercial or institutional landscape.

  • Environments included:
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  •        M.T. Liggett, Mullinville KS
  •        Jim Bishop’s Castle, Rye CO
  •        Leonard Knight’s Salvation Mountain, Niland CA
  •        Vollis Simpson’s Whirligigs, Lucama NC
  •        Simon Rodia’s Watts Towers, LA CA
  •        S.P. Dinsmoor’s Garden of Eden, Lucas KS