Pasaquan, one of the world’s great art sites, lies tucked away in rural west central Georgia, near the little town of Buena Vista. Pasquan was the creation of Eddie Owens Martin, a local boy who went away to live the low life in New York City (by his own account), but came back and created a masterpiece.
That Martin was a bit of a crackpot is hard to deny. A fortune-telling ex-street-hustler, he created a personal religion, enshrined himself as a saint and turned his family farm into a holy place. The strength of his vision is so great, though, as to make his spirituality not only palpable in bricks and paint, but even credible. The details of that implausibly compelling spirituality, as well as Martin’s unruly life history, are more than can be described here. For that, read “St. Eom in the Land of Pasaquan” by Tom Patterson, The Jargon Society, 1987, with a new edition reportedly on the way. But you can sense the creative force of St. Eom’s weirdness in the walls and fences that he weaved through his world.
See Pasaquan Side By Side: 1990 vs. 2016
Compare post-preservation Pasaquan with conditions 25 years ago
See Pasaquan In Detail
Take a visual stroll through the fabulously decorated walls and buildings
Help keep this environment healthy by joining the Friends of Pasaquan under the auspices of Columbus State University, which is the owner and steward of Pasaquan.
My original Pasaquan pages are archived here.