Portland Public Library

Henry Darger, edited with an introduction by Klaus Biesenbach ; contributions by Brooke Davis Anderson, Michael Bonesteel and Carl Watson ; with Henry Darger's The history of my life

eng

Includes bibliographical references (page 317)

contains biographical information

illustrations

no index present

non fiction

Henry Darger

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edited with an introduction by Klaus Biesenbach ; contributions by Brooke Davis Anderson, Michael Bonesteel and Carl Watson ; with Henry Darger's The history of my life

"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 ... 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, while another by Michael Bonesteel puts Darger's life in the context of his work. The book also includes Darger's autobiography, A History of My Life, introduced by Carl Watson ... Henry Darger offers an authoritative, balanced, and insightful look at an American master"--Publisher's description

Excerpt from Girls on the run / John Ashbery -- Introduction: American innocence / Klaus Biesenbach -- The Art of Henry Darger. Sources and drawings : a portfolio -- An artist's studio at 851 Webster Avenue / Brooke Davis Anderson -- Plates -- The Life of Henry Darger. Henry Darger's great crusade, crisis of faith, and last judgment / Michael Bonesteel -- The metaphysics of wreckage : introduction to the autobiography of Henry Darger / Carl Watson -- The history of my life / Henry Darger