Howard's Tools Section of Sidewalk from Paradise Garden
Howard Finster
American, 1916–2001
Details
Title
Howard's Tools Section of Sidewalk from Paradise Garden
Artist/Maker
Howard Finster (American, 1916–2001)
Date
ca. 1981
Medium
Concrete embedded with metal, glass, mirrors, nails, and wire
Dimensions
3 3/4 x 40 3/4 x 48 inches
Credit
Purchase with funds from the Cousins Foundation, Inc. and donors to the Paradise Project Campaign
Accession #
1994.218
Concrete pathways embellished with inlaid patterns of broken mirrors, shimmering glass, tile, jewelry, and found objects wound throughout Paradise Garden. This section of sidewalk contains the tools Finster used when he worked as a bicycle repairman. As he recounted, “When I found out for sure that God called me to do sacred art, I molded my tools in the walkway as evidence.” The sidewalk itself declares, “HOWARD’S TOOLS AFTER JOINING ARTIST WORLD DISCARDED TOOLS.”