WC RICE

EXHIBITION #1.1, THE MUSEUM OF EVERYTHING (PARIS) 2012-13

EXHIBITION #1, THE MUSEUM OF EVERYTHING (LONDON + TURIN) 2009/10

SACRED AND PROFANE, CAROL CROWN AND CHARLES RUSSELL (UNIVERSITY PRESS OF MISSISSIPPI) 2007

SELF TAUGHT: A GUIDE TO AMERICAN ARTISTS, LOCATIONS AND RESOURCES, BETTY-CAROL SELLEN (MCFARLAND) 2000

WILLIAM CARLTON RICE WAS A HOUSE PAINTER AND SELF-ORDAINED MINISTER WHOSE SINGLE PERFORMATIVE GESAMTKUNSTWERK WAS THE CONVERSION OF HIS LAND INTO THE SPRAWLING CROSS GARDEN. THE ROUGH-PAINTED CRUCIFIXES AND JAGGED SIGNS FORETOLD IMMINENT APOCALYPTIC PUNISHMENT FOR ALL WHO DARED TRANSGRESS, IN LANGUAGE AS FAST AND LOOSE AS THAT OF THEIR MAKER.