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Pasaquan, (sculpture). Artist:  Martin, Eddie Owens, 1908-1986, sculptor. Crawford, Curtis, sculptor. Stewart, Scotty, sculptor. Milner, Ester, sculptor. Title:  Pasaquan, (sculpture). Dates:  Early 1960s. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Concrete, tin, wood and asphalt, painted. Inscription:  (At various locations throughout the complex:) St. EOM signed Description:  Pasaquan is a folk-art site consisting of a variety of structures including walls, benches, totem poles, retaining walls, buildings, bas-reliefs, statues and other forms and figures. Every surface in Pasaquan is decorated with paintings, applied concrete decorations, and incised designs. The motifs used are mostly astrophysical and natural. They include stars, snakes, human bodies and faces, suns, etc. The designs are reminiscent of Aztec, Incan, African, and Asian civilizations. Subject:  Ethnic -- African Ethnic -- Indian -- Aztec Ethnic -- Indian -- Inca Ethnic -- Asian Figure Animal -- Reptile -- Snake Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Georgia -- Buena Vista Bench Totem pole Relief Folk Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Marion County Historical Society, P. O. Box 564, Buena Vista, Georgia 31803 Located Pasaquan, 8 miles north of Buena Vista on County Road 78, Buena Vista, Georgia Remarks:  Pasaquan is the former home of Eddie Owens Martin, a folk artist who took the name St. EOM when he began to create the distinctive sculptures and paintings that cover his home and the grounds around it. At his death in 1986, Pasaquan and the four acres around it were willed to the Marion County Historical Society. IAS files contain a photocopy of a brochure entitled "Pasaquan: Eddie Owens Martin" published by The Pasaquan Society, Buena Vista, GA and an article from Southern Living 28 (Sept. 1993) that discuss the history of the entire Pasaquan folk art site. For related information see also Tom Patterson's "St. EOM in the Land of Pasaquan: The Life and Times and Art of Eddie Owens Martin," Winston-Salem, NC: Jargon Society, c1987. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Georgia survey, 1993. Illustration:  Image on file. Southern Living 28 (Sept. 1993). Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAS GA000339   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture GA000339 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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