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Visionary environment

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Visionary environment

A visionary environment or fantasy world is a extensive/large-scale artistic installations (buildings, sculpture parks, etc.) intended to capture intense subjective/personal experiences (dreams, fantasies, obsessions, etc.) of their creators. The subjective/personal nature of these projects often implies a marginal status for the artists involved, and there is a strong association between visionary environments and outsider art.

List of visionary environments

  • Aw Boon Haw (胡文虎) (sponsor/concept): Haw Par Villa (Singapore), Tiger Balm Garden (Hong Kong)
  • Jim Bishop: Bishop Castle (USA)
  • Johann Michael Bossard: Kunststätte Bossard (Germany)
  • Ferdinand Cheval: Le Palais idéal (France)
  • Jean Cocteau: Chapelle Saint-Pierre à Villefranche-sur-Mer, Chapelle Sainte-Blaise des Simples de Milly-la-Forêt (France)
  • Lluís Domènech i Montaner: Palau de la Música Catalana (Spain)
  • Kevin Duffy: Rectory Garden Centre, Tudor Village (UK) (official site)
  • Tom Every: Forevertron (USA)
  • Howard Finster: Paradise Garden (USA)
  • Robert Garcet (French Wikipedia article): Tour d'Eben-Ezer (French Wikipedia article) (Belgium)
  • Antoni Gaudí: Park Güell, Sagrada Família, Casa Batlló, Casa Milà, Casa Vicens (Spain)
  • Manfred Gnädinger: The Museum of the German (Spain)
  • Đặng Việt Nga: Hằng Nga Guesthouse (Vietnam)
  • Annie Hooper: Bible Stories (USA)
  • Friedensreich Hundertwasser: Hundertwasserhaus (Austria), Quixote Winery (California), Waldspirale, Grüne Zitadelle von Magdeburg (German Wikipedia article) (Germany)
  • Raymond Isidore: Maison Picassiette (French Wikipedia article) (France)
  • Molly Jenson: Art Exhbit (USA)
  • Karl Junker (German Wikipedia article): Junkerhaus (German Wikipedia article) (Germany)
  • Sergei Kirillov (С.И.Кириллов): Kirillov's house (Russia)
  • Leonard Knight: Salvation Mountain (USA)
  • George Paul Kornegay, near Brent, Alabama (USA)
  • Chalermchai Kositpipat (เฉลิมชัย โฆษิตพิพัฒน์): Wat Rong Khun (Thailand)
  • Bill Lishman: Underground house (Canada)
  • Eddie Owens Martin: Pasaquan (USA)
  • Helen Martins: The Owl House (South Africa)
  • Mary Nohl Art Environment (USA)
  • Tressa Prisbrey: Bottle Village (USA)
  • Simon Rodia: Watts Towers (USA)
  • Nek Chand Saini (नेक चंद सैणी): Rock Garden of Chandigarh (India)
  • Niki de Saint Phalle: The Garden of Tarot (Italy)
  • Jules Senis: Jardin Rosa Mir (French Wikipedia article) (France)
  • Vollis Simpson: Windmill Park (USA)
  • Bunleua Sulilat (บุญเหลือ สุรีรัตน์): Buddha Park (Laos), Sala Keoku (Thailand)
  • Robert Tatin (French Wikipedia article): Musée Robert Tatin (France)
  • Kea Tawana: Ark (USA)
  • Lek Viriyaphant (เล็ก วิริยะพันธุ์) (sponsor/concept): Sanctuary of Truth, Erawan Museum, Ancient City (Thailand)
  • Jacques Warminski: L’Hélice terrestre (France) (official site)
  • Bruno Weber: Bruno Weber Park (Switzerland)
  • Isaiah Zagar: Philadelphia's Magic Gardens (USA)
  • various artists: The Albany Bulb (USA)
  • References

    Visionary environment Wikipedia