Betwixt + Between: Henry Darger’s Vivian Girls
@ Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art
756 N Milwaukee, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Wednesday, April 12th, from 5:30PM - 8:30PM
Betwixt and Between: Henry Darger’s Vivian Girls, part of a yearlong series of exhibits and programming, opens on the 125th anniversary of Henry Darger’s birth.
Curated by Leisa Rundquist, the exhibition features major works by Henry Darger that include double-sided, panoramic drawings with watercolor and collage spanning up to eight feet long, portraits of the Vivian princesses, and traced images and resource materials from Intuit’s archives.
Image: Henry Darger (American, 1892-1973). Detail of untitled (double-sided), mid-twentieth century. Watercolor, pencil, carbon tracing, and collage on pierced paper, 24 x 106 ½ in. Collection American Folk Art Museum, New York, museum purchase with funds generously provided by John and Margaret Robson, 2004.1.3B, Photo Credit: James Prinz © American Folk Art Museum / Art Resource NY © 2017 Kiyoko Lerner / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
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