the folk art museum has an exhibit right now that i'm dying to see. up close: henry darger will be open until september 2009 (so there's plenty of time). darger (1892-1973) worked as a janitor for most of his anonymous life - it wasn't until after his death that volumes of his were found tucked away containing 15 unique 145 page installments to his whimsically dark manuscript "the story of the vivian girls, in what is known as the realms of the unreal, of the glendeco-angelinnnian war storm, caused by the child slave rebellion". along with the paintings, several hundred unique watercolor paintings illustrating his epic saga were also found. darger's delicate and feminine pieces have a dark psychological twist which i'm really captured by. the costumes of the vivian girls of been inspirational in the fashion world and darger's life, work and pathos have been studied heavily post-humus. inspiration for my gallatin concentration if ever i saw it...
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