In the Realms of the Unreal
Type
Audio/Visual
Authors
Category
Art, Documentary Film
[ Browse Items ]
Publication Year
2005
Publisher
Wellspring Media, United States
Duration
80 min.
Subject
Darger, Henry, -- 1892-1973. Artists -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Biography. Art brut -- Illinois -- Chicago. Outsider art -- Illinois -- Chicago. Darger, Henry, -- 1892-1973 Art brut. Artists. Outsider art. Illinois -- C
Tags
Abstract
"Henry Darger, an elderly recluse, spent his childhood in an Illinois asylum for feeble-minded children and his adulthood working as a janitor. He lived a quiet, nearly solitary existence, but his imaginary life was exciting, colorful and sexually provocative. When he died in Chicago in 1973, his landlady discovered in his room 300 paintings, some over 10 feet long, and a 15,000 page illustrated novel ("The realms of the unreal"), which told the epic story of the virtuous Vivian Girls, seven angelic sisters who lead a rebellion against godless, child-enslaving men"--Container.
Description
1 videodisc (80 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Audio: in English.
Audio: in English.
Number of Copies
1
