Creation Date

Sculpture creation date: ca. 1995-2011

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Color photograph of a weathered two-story house with unusual outdoor sculptures and stacked wood, located on Military Street in Houlton, Maine. The photograph shows a dark-colored, older home with a dormer containing three windows, positioned next to a road. The property and yard are densely arranged with large, handmade sculptures and structures, many of which resemble aliens, dinosaurs, and abstract forms created out of scrap materials and wood. Nearby, stacks of cut wood are piled beside the house, and plant life is intermixed with the artworks. This collection was created by artist Jerry Cardone outside his home, an evolving site known variously as the "Alien Art Outdoor Museum," "UFO Dinosaur Museum," and "7 Wonders of God Creatures." The town of Houlton legally condemned the property as an "automobile junkyard" in 2010, and officials cleared the site, burning most of the material in 2011. Undated. ©Hannigan, photographer. (See p16876-p16877)(NA4800.)

Save Outdoor Sculpture! (SOS!) (1990-1995) was a nationwide survey that ran from 1990-1995 documenting America’s outdoor sculpture. Established in 1990, SOS! helped educate local communities about America’s endangered sculptural heritage. The Maine Arts Commission was one of 106 organizations to participate in this survey.

Topic

Folk art, Sculpture

Collection

MF161

Series Number

NA4800

Identifier

p16876

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Existence and Location of Originals

Located at the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress: AFC 2012/047 https://lccn.loc.gov/2013655211.

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