
Artist Profile Series 19: James Hampton
Makers & Mystics
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The Book of the Seven Dispensations by St. James Hampton
James Hampton spent 14 years building a throne for the Lord out of trash. He documented these encounters in a spiral-bound notebook, which he considered to be new commandments as well as a book of revelation. The majority of his book was written in a coded language no one has been able to decode. After James' death, his sculpture and manuscripts were found by the owner of the garage who came by to find out why his rent had not been paid.
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