Henry Darger
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.12 (850 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 3791349198 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 320 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-02-28 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
"With scant but dense information about Darger's life and artistic contribution, the book allows viewers all the delight, awe, repulsion, sorrow, and wonder his oeuvre inevitably elicits."Rain Taxi
KLAUS BIESENBACH is Chief Curator of Media and Performance Art at The Museum of Modern Art in NewYork. He has curated a number of exhibitions featuring Darger's work, including the landmark "Disasters of War: Franciscode Goya, Henry Darger, Jakeand Dinos Chapman." BROOKE DAVIS ANDERSON is Director and Curator
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 illustrations. 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. The book also includes Darger's autobiography, “A History of My Life," introduced by Carl Watson. 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. Now available again in a new format, this lavishly illustrated volume presents the iconic American "outsider" artist in a new critical light, locating him as a major figure in the history of contemporary art. The only book of its kind, Henry Darger offers an authoritative, balanced, and insightful look at an American master.. An essay by Brooke Davis Anderson illuminates Darger's source materials and techniques, while another by Michael Bonesteel puts Darger's life in the
Excellent volume Great book. I've been following Darger and other outsider/visionary artists for years. I have most of the Henry Darger, Ralph Albert Blakelock & others books. Darger's prolific works are beautifully reproduced in this book. The only drawback is the strange odor emanating from this volume but I'm hoping it goes away soon. Dennis E. Pies said THE MOST PERFECTLY PUBLISHED ART BOOK ON HENRY DARGER. This is the best book production on the work of Henry Darger ever published. It is wide in format to honor the wide cinematic "pan" art images that tell the narrative of his extensive writings. The images are printed in precision and exact color rendition detail that brings out the clarity of the color plates. There is a compendium of scholarly writings that place Darger within a much larger historical context. The personal history of Darger. "I spent hours reading this so far" according to VLstuff. I recently got into Darger's work after watching the 200I spent hours reading this so far VLstuff I recently got into Darger's work after watching the 2004 documentary about him and I was hooked. I looked around for a jampacked artbook of his and I'm glad I got this one. This book has tons of high quality reproductions of Darger's paintings and really gave me a better understanding of "Realms" (which was what I was most interested in). I highly recommend this book for anyone interested in Darger, especially those like myself who are stil. documentary about him and I was hooked. I looked around for a jampacked artbook of his and I'm glad I got this one. This book has tons of high quality reproductions of Darger's paintings and really gave me a better understanding of "Realms" (which was what I was most interested in). I highly recommend this book for anyone interested in Darger, especially those like myself who are stil