Tent Revival #1
© Ralph Burns
Burns is fascinated with the culture of American revivalism, both secular (everything Elvis) and religious, though the two intersect as Burns demonstrates in photograph after photograph. Tent Revival #1 shows a young boy looking heavenward, as if anticipating the message—“PREPARE TO MEET THY GOD.”—painted on the side of a bus or rail car. A figure seems to rise from the boy’s head, and he appears to meld with the wrathful biblical vision that captures his attention and, possibly, spirit.
Exhibition Title: Asheville Art Museum: An Introduction to the Collection
Label Date: 2021
Type: Catalogue Entry
Written by: J. W. Bonner
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