Sun Catcher
Howard Finster
American, 1916–2001
Details
Title
Sun Catcher
Artist/Maker
Howard Finster (American, 1916–2001)
Date
ca. 1976
Medium
Mirror, wire, nails, staples, and metal
Dimensions
36 x 9 1/2 x 1 1/4 inches
Credit
Purchase with funds from the Cousins Foundation, Inc. and donors to the Paradise Project Campaign
Accession #
1994.221
At the center of the Reverend Howard Finster’s imaginative, spiritual universe was his Paradise Garden, an amazing four-acre art environment of buildings, follies, and found-object assemblages. The Garden’s inlaid pathways were festooned with shiny garlands, colorful gourds, and these shimmering, mirror-studded assemblages, which Finster called his “sun catchers.” Describing his frequent use of mirror fragments, Finster once explained, “It’s like looking at a spirit floating in the air.”