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

On View

On View - Stent Family Wing, Skyway, Gallery 407

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.”