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St. EOM, Courtesy of Pasaquan Preservation Society
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The Georgia Museum of Art is pleased to announce the acquisition
of three bracelets and four necklaces by Georgia artist St. EOM (1908–1986),
some of which are pictured below.
Born to a Georgia sharecropping family, he left his home to
spend time in an artist’s colony in New York City during the 1920s before
coming back down to Georgia and transforming the farm in Marion County that he
inherited from his mother into a colorful compound called
Pasaquan. Claiming to receive
messages and visions from people from the future, he refused to go by his birth
name, Eddie Owens Martin, instead going by the moniker “St. EOM,” as he felt it
more accurately depicted him as the prophet and visionary that he saw himself
as. He created Pasaquan in order to show the intersection of the past, present
and future as a seamless whole, combining the visual art from many different
cultures, such as patterns from ancient Greece, architectural forms from East
Asia and statues inspired by ancient Mayan art. Visitors to Pasaquan are
frequently overwhelmed by vibrant color and seemingly endless variety on
display throughout the compound.
Sadly, St. EOM died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in
1986, but his legacy is now preserved by the Pasaquan Preservation Foundation
and by the Kohler Foundation, who are now restoring Pasaquan to its original
glory.
St. EOM’s jewelry that the Georgia Museum of Art recently
acquired also displays the same love for vibrant color and the use of motifs
from many cultures.
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