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Henry Darger - by Klaua Biesenbach (Paperback)

Name: Henry Darger - by Klaua Biesenbach (Paperback)
Brand: Prestel Publishing
SKU: 76444698
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Highlights

This beautiful book presents the extraordinary work of the iconic American "outsider" artist in a new critical light, locating him as a major figure in the history of contemporary art.
About the Author: KLAUS BIESENBACH is Director of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles.
320 Pages
Art, Individual Artists

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Book Synopsis

This beautiful book presents the extraordinary work of 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.

Review Quotes

"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

About the Author

KLAUS BIESENBACH is Director of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles.

Dimensions (Overall): 9.0 Inches (H) x 11.8 Inches (W) x 1.0 Inches (D)

Weight: 4.0 Pounds

Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up

Number of Pages: 320

Genre: Art

Sub-Genre: Individual Artists

Publisher: Prestel Publishing

Theme: Monographs

Format: Paperback

Author: Klaua Biesenbach

Language: English

Street Date: September 3, 2019

TCIN: 76444698

UPC: 9783791385839

Item Number (DPCI): 248-68-2962

Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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Estimated ship weight: 4 pounds

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