Why Not ?
'Why Not ?', is the title of a book that one of my best friends wrote.
Luther Utterbach
The best Iowa artist that I have been blessed to know.
He was THE MASTERPIECE.
Was, as in passed on, dead.
We met later in life when our dreams collided.
I helped him get back his confidence enough to put his last art show together in Des Moines
where he had a huge following of patrons, collectors and great friends.
He had a masterpiece artwork that he was trying to manifest
it was BIG it was HUGE it was MONUMENTAL
a series of 'temples' placed in 'wild or free zones of nature'
Luther grew up in the Iowa countryside, the son of the minister of the little brown church in the vale.
Luther knew religion, he knew the scriptures, he knew god
Luther was in NYC promoting his masterpiece
in the process of getting a major show at the biggest museum
at long last his big break
he needed a break, as living in IOWA being the great artist that he was, meant humiliation, poverty and estranged relationships with his wife and children and friends.
He died in NYC walking across the street with Christo
probably the two greatest artists in the world....
Luther was the unknown American Artist, Christo the world famous Bulgarian born artist living successfully in NYC.
I knew Christo and his partner wife Jean Claude while working at the Lajolla Museum of Contemporary Art
they spent months at the museum putting together his first ever retrospective.
Luther was Amazing
I have photos and videos of Luther during his last years
The book, "Why Not?" was a very very limited edition printed for his last show
I am offering "Why Not?" up for sale to the art community for the benefit of making his geniusness known
to Iowans and to the world, part of The Iowa Idea.
"Why Not?" is for sale for $300,000.00
with proceeds going to jump start the Makiah O Miller Foundation.
and the
Peace City II
project of co-creating a state of the art homeless city in
Iowa City, Iowa
I think Luther is probably living in Bhutan now
their way of living is very much Luther's ideals.
I hope to make them the ideals of
Peace City II
remember to remember
being AUTHENTIC to oneself leads to the deepest truths of the heart
the place where
Paradise Utopia
always exists
and always remember to remember the donation button
going from nothing $$$ ....to something $$$ is a HUGE step.
