Why Blagdon’s “The Healing Machine” (c. 1950–86), which consists of more than 400 separate pieces — paintings on wood, boxes full of found materials, and intricate wire hangings — survived. Dan Dryden ...
Wed Dec. 21 at 9:30PM on WKAR-HD 23.1 & STREAMING | He hung the creations in his rural Nebraska shed, creating an environment he believed could generate natural energy from the earth and heal the sick ...
Close-up of one of Emery Blagdon’s hanging sculptures (2012), wire, found bottles, wire, metallic foil, paint, shells, dimensions variable (photograph by Kelly Rush) Yesterday evening’s nationwide PBS ...
The story of a man who made art he believed could create natural energy & improve health. With pliers in hand, Nebraska artist Emery Blagdon fashioned pieces of wire into patterns and attached foil, ...