HENRY DARGER


I've chanced upon Henry Darger's name and work at a Japanese website while looking out for new events. A Japanese artist named Keizo Kitajima will be hosting an art exhibit about Henry Darger's Room and he will be having an exhibit from February 20 to March 12 at Epson Imaging Gallery epSITE in Shinjuku. Not knowing who Henry Darger is, I ask my friend "google" and there..
"Considering the work of Henry Darger, it strikes me that we live in a world full of secrets. Occasionally, one gets out.
It was on the day after his birthday, and the last day of his life, that the reclusive hospital janitor’s extraordinary secret life was discovered…"
These are the first phrases that I've seen about him thus I became more curious.. A hospital janitor's extraordinary secret life was discovered only after his death? If it will be based on this generation's self-promoted in almost let's shove-it-in-their-faces kind of art, it could be really shocking how a genius remained an outcast.
Aside from his paintings, he have also written a 15,145 page epic, "The Story of the Vivian Girls, in What is Known as the Realms of the Unreal, of the Glandeco-Angelinnian War Storm, as caused by the Child Slave Rebellion". Wow! I can't imagine how a person be flooded with so much talent. 20 years after his death, his works and his title as an artist were finally recognized thanks to his landlords Kiyoko and Nathan Lerner who've recognized his artistic merits and shared it to the world.

Finding about Henry Darger's biography is essential to me because most of the time I feel daunted by people who call themselves "brands", people who've achieved a certain level of popularity and became big-headed divas, people who tweet all their successes to boost their egos, etc. Despite being confused how the world has gotten into this, I've accepted that this is reality. That maybe Darger's life is the perfect example on how to escape and live the kind of life you've wanted.. inside your little secret room.

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