American Folk Art Museum
45 W 53rd St
212.265.1040
This event has passed.
-
The Private Collection of Henry Darger
- When
-
Apr 6, 2010 – Sep 16, 2010
Daily
- Where
-
- Price
-
$9
“Henry Darger is famous for being an outsider artist par excellence, but, with each passing year, the custodian's life in the Second City comes into focus more and more. Take this fascinating exhibition of the clippings, illustrations, and bits that adorned his room. Although Darger led a solitary life, this collection lays out the rich and various sources that left an enduring imprint on his singular art.”
Jason Jude Chan, Flavorpill
American Folk Art Museum says:
Displayed it in his one-room apartment in Chicago, Henry Darger had nearly one hundred artworks hanging from string, tacked into the walls, or pasted with glue directly onto various surfaces. Like many practicing artists, he surrounded himself with his own production—paintings, drawings, and collages—made in a modest scale, with simple supplies and readily available material. His densely layered collage technique prioritized images of people from newspaper clippings, magazine illustrations, coloring book pages, and photographic enlargements. Selected from nearly forty collages in the museum’s collection and exhibited for the first time, the works on view illustrate another, previously unexplored aspect of Darger’s creative world.
