Henry Darger

Klaus Biesenbach (Autor)

Michael Bonesteel (Urheber)

Buch | Hardcover

320 Seiten

Rev. Ed.
Prestel (Verlag)
978-3-7913-4919-0 (ISBN)

Infos

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. 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 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. 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. The only book of its kind, Henry Darger offers an authoritative, balanced, and insightful look at an American master.

Autor

Klaus Biesenbach ist Chief Curator im Department of Media, The Museum of Modern Art, New York und einer der gefragtesten Kuratoren weltweit. Henry Darger (1892 - 1973) wurde erst posthum als Künstler bekannt. Früh verwaist, verbrachte er seine Kindheit in Heimen. Er arbeitete in Chicago als Hausmeister und lebte zurückgezogen in einer kleinen Wohnung, die er fast vollständig mit seinen Werken füllte.

Rezensionen

"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

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 3.6.2015
• Mitarbeit: Idee von: Henry Darger
• Zusatzinfo: w. 280 col. ill.
• Verlagsort: Munich
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 261 x 338 mm
• Gewicht: 2592 g
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Malerei / Plastik
• Schlagworte: Darger, Henry
• ISBN-10: 3-7913-4919-8 / 3791349198
• ISBN-13: 978-3-7913-4919-0 / 9783791349190
• Zustand: Neuware