Adam Purple & The Garden of Eden

In 1975 on the crime-ridden Lower East Side of New York City Adam Purple started a garden behind his tenement home at 184 Forsyth Street. By 1986 The Garden of Eden was world famous and had grown to 15000 square feet spanning five lots. For Adam - a social activist philosopher artist and revolutionary - The Garden of Eden was the medium of his political and artistic expression. Harvey Wang was one of the few photographers to visit Adam throughout the creation of The Garden of Eden. Wang's photographs may well represent the most complete visual record of this unique site-specific New York City earthwork/artwork.