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020 $a9781590208557 (hardback)
020 $a1590208552 (hardback)
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050 00 $aND1839.D32$bE45 2013
082 00 $a700.92$aB$223
084 $aBIO001000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aElledge, Jim,$d1950-
245 10 $aHenry Darger, throwaway boy :$bthe tragic life of an outsider artist /$cJim Elledge.
264 1 $aNew York :$bOverlook Duckworth,$c2013.
300 $a396 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :$billustrations (chiefly color) ;$c23 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
520 $a"Henry Darger was utterly unknown during his lifetime, keeping a quiet, secluded existence as a janitor on Chicago's North Side. When he died his landlord discovered a treasure trove of more than three hundred canvases and more than 30,000 manuscript pages depicting a rich, shocking fantasy world-many showing hermaphroditic children being eviscerated, crucified and strangled. While some art historians tend to dismiss Darger as an unhinged psychopath, in Henry Darger, Throw-Away Boy, Jim Elledge cuts through the cloud of controversy and rediscovers Darger as a damaged, fearful, gay man, raised in a world unaware of the consequences of child abuse or gay shame. This thoughtful, sympathetic biography tells the true story of a tragically misunderstood artist. Drawn from fascinating histories of the vice-ridden districts of 1900s Chicago, tens of thousands of pages of primary source material, and Elledge's own work in queer history, the book also features a full-color reproduction of a never-before-seen canvas from a private gallery in New York, as well as a previously undiscovered photograph of Darger with his life-partner Whillie. Engaging and arresting, Henry Darger, Throw-Away Boy brings alive a complex, brave, and compelling man whose outsider art is both challenging and a triumph over trauma"--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 355-386) and index.
600 10 $aDarger, Henry,$d1892-1973.
650 0 $aOutsider artists$zUnited States$vBiography.
650 0 $aWatercolorists$zUnited States$vBiography.
650 7 $aBIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Artists, Architects, Photographers.$2bisacsh
852 00 $bfaxlc$hND1839.D32$iE45 2013