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Personally, I find his work compelling - I saw an amazing exhibit at the Frye in Seattle and the scale of it was incredible, also the composition. But I think h
by 1auralynn 3y ago
Personally, I find his work compelling - I saw an amazing exhibit at the Frye in Seattle and the scale of it was incredible, also the composition. But I think his work makes some people uncomfortable. From Wikipedia: "One idiosyncratic feature of Darger's artwork is that his girl subjects are shown to have penises when unclothed or partially clothed. Darger biographer Jim Elledge speculates that this represents a reflection of Darger's own childhood issues with sexual identity and homosexuality."
- 1auralynn 3y agoThere is a great documentary on him: In the Realms of the Unreal
- sitkack 3y agoI saw this and came to say the same thing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRlvDKcDvsI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRlvDKcDvsI Weird dude, but outsider art is fascinating.
- fumeux_fume 3y agoI also got to see his work at the Frye many years ago. It was one of the best exhibits I've seen in Seattle. That was also the era they had R. Crumb retrospective--a real coup for a museum that's free to the public.
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