| Henry Darger |  | Author: Klaus Biesenbach
Publisher: Prestel USA
Category: Book
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Languages: English (Unknown), English (Original Language), English (Published)
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 304
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Shipping Weight (lbs): 6
Dimensions (in): 10.4 x 13.3 x 1.4
ISBN: 379134210X
EAN: 9783791342108
ASIN: 379134210X
Publication Date: October 1, 2009
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Product Description
This large-format, lavishly
illustrated volume presents the
iconic American outsider artist in
a new critical light, locating him
for the first time as a major figure
in the history of contemporary art.
Self-taught and working in isolation until his death in 1973, Henry Darger realized an elaborate fantasy world of remarkable beauty and strangeness, through hundreds of paintings and an epic written narrative. Angel-like Blengins with butterfly wings, natural catastrophes, innocent girls, and murderous soldiers all appear in Darger's scenes, which are reproduced in this book in double-page and gatefold spreads. In the volume's introductory essay, Klaus Biesenbach examines the radical originality of Darger's art, including his use of collage, incorporation of religious themes and iconography, and frequent juxtaposition of innocence with violence. An essay by Brooke Davis Anderson illuminates Darger's source materials and techniques. Michael Bonesteel puts Darger's life in the context of his work and selects key texts to accompany the illustrations. The book also includes for the first time the text of Darger's History of My Life,A" the artist's autobiography. The only book of its kind, Henry Darger offers an authoritative, balanced, and insightful look at an American master.
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