Salvation Mountain

by Bob Christopher

Title

Salvation Mountain

Artist

Bob Christopher

Medium

Photograph - Photography

Description

This "Mountain" has been constructed over many years by one man. He wanted to spread the "Word" that "God accepts you for who you are...Unconditional Love...It doesn't matter what religion You Profess To but more that God Accepts you. A rather cool place to visit in Southern California on the east side of the Salton Sea. Not a bad message for these times that we live in now and will quite possibly become a lot worse...From Wikipedia...Salvation Mountain
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Coordinates: 33��15��15��N 115��28��21��W
Salvation Mountain.
Salvation Mountain is a visionary environment covering a hill in the Colorado Desert, north of Calipatria, northeast of Niland near Slab City, several miles from the Salton Sea. It is in Imperial County, California.
The artwork is made from adobe, straw, and thousands of gallons of lead-free paint. Salvation Mountain was created by local resident Leonard Knight (1931�C2014).[1] It encompasses numerous murals and areas painted with Christian sayings and Bible verses, though its philosophy was built around the Sinner's Prayer.[2]
The Folk Art Society of America declared it "a folk art site worthy of preservation and protection"[3] in the year 2000. In an address to the United States Congress on May 15, 2002, California Senator Barbara Boxer described it as "a unique and visionary sculpture... a national treasure... profoundly strange and beautifully accessible, and worthy of the international acclaim it receives".[4]
In December 2011, the 80-year-old Knight was placed in a long-term care facility in El Cajon for dementia.[5] Leonard Knight died on February 10, 2014, in El Cajon.[6]
Concern has been raised for the future of the site, which requires constant maintenance due to the harsh surrounding environment. Many visitors bring paint to donate to the project, and a group of volunteers has been working to protect and maintain the site.[7][8][9] In 2012, a public charity, Salvation Mountain, Inc., was established to support the project.[10]

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