书名：Henry Darger/亨利·达格

作者：Klaus Biesenbach

出版：Prestel 2019.6

装帧：平装

尺寸：23*30cm

亨利.达戈（Henry Darger）自学成才，在1973年去世前一直过着与世隔绝的生活，他通过数百幅画作和史诗般的文字叙述，实现了一个精致的幻想世界，具有非凡的美感和奇异的风格。带有蝴蝶翅膀的天使般的Blengins、自然灾难、无辜的女孩和凶残的士兵都出现在达戈的场景中，这些场景在本书中以双页和插图的形式再现。

本书以批判的眼光介绍了这位标志性的美国域外艺术家的作品，并将他定位为当代艺术史上的一个重要人物。本书编者Klaus Biesenbach研究了达戈艺术的原创性，包括他对拼贴画的使用、对宗教主题的表达，以及经常将纯真与暴力并置。Brooke Davis Anderson的一篇文章阐明了达戈的原始材料和技术，而Michael Bonesteel的另一篇文章将达戈的生活与他的作品联系起来。该书还包括达戈的自传《我的生活史》("A History of My Life")，由Carl Watson介绍。

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.