The American Folk Art Museum은 20세기에 300여점이 넘는 수채화와 콜라쥬 작품을 만들어낸 헨리 다거의 미술작품들을 소장하고있다.
학교에서 미술지도를 받지않은 사람들이 스스로 노력하고 공부해서 영감을 받아 그림을 그리고 미술활동을 하여 창조해낸 작품들을 포크아트라고 하는데 이런 예술가들은 어떤 룰이나 방법들에 얽매이지않아 좀더 자유스럽고 기발한 방법으로 상상력이 풍부한 작품을 만들어내곤 한다.
전시에서는 다거의 현대예술 전반에 걸쳐 넓게 영향을 끼친 것과 예술사를 이해하는데에 있어 스스로 배운 아티스트들의 활동이 얼마나 많은 부분을 차지하는지를 되짚어본다.
AT BATTLE OF DROSABELLAMAXIMILLAN.
SEEING GLANDELINIANS RETREATING VIVIAN GIRLS GRASP CHRISTIAN BANNERS, AND LEAD CHARGE AGAINST FOE
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Henry Darger (1892 - 1973)
Chicago
Mid-twentieth century
Watercolor, pencil, carbon tracing, and collage on pieced paper
19 x 47 3/4 in.
BATTLEFIELD
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Justine Kurland (b. 1969)
New York
2001
Color photograph
30 x 40 in.
TRACTION
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Amy Cutler (b. 1974)
Brooklyn, New York
2002
Casein and Flashe on wood
32 x 60 in.
ASH WEDNESDAY
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Anthony Goicolea (b. 1971)
Brooklyn, New York
2001
Color photograph
40 x 80 in.
THESE MOVING BODIES, THESE NUMB PROCESSIONS
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Robyn O"Neil (b. 1977)
Houston, Texas
2005
Graphite on paper
65 x 37 in.
THANK HEAVEN FOR LITTLE GIRLS
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Justin Lieberman (b. 1977)
Philmont, New York
2004
Ink-jet prints and Plexiglas
32 x 82 x 1 in.
AND THE BRANCHES BECAME AS STORM CLOUDS
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Trenton Doyle Hancock (b. 1974)
Houston, Texas
2003
Mixed media on canvas
95 1/2 x 102 in.
HE COMES NOT IN TRIUMPH
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Grayson Perry (b. 1960)
London
2004
Glazed ceramics
20 7/8 x 11 7/8 in. diam.
BLENGIN
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Michael St. John (b. 1957)
New York
2002 - 2003
Polychromed Sculpey and wood
14 x 5 in. diam.
THE VIVIAN GIRLS IN TUNISIA
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Paula Rego (b. 1935)
London
1984
Acrylic on canvas
79 x 40 in.
DINNER AT THE FORBIDDEN CITY
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Yun-Fei Ji (b. 1963)
New York
2001
Mineral pigments on rice paper
54 x 67 in.
SACRED HEART: EXPLOSION
(Score detail)
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Jefferson Friedman (b. 1974)
Long Island City, New York
2001 - 2007
Length: 16 minutes
AT SUNBEAM CREEK. ARE WITH LITTLE GIRL REFUGEES AGAIN IN PERIL FROM FOREST FIRES. BUT ESCAPE THIS ALSO, BUT HALF NAKED AND IN BURNED RAGS
AT TORRINGTON. ARE PERSUED BY A STORM OF FIRE BUT SAVE THEMSELVES BY JUMPING INTO A STREAM AND SWIM ACROSS AS SEEN IN NEXT PICTURE / THEIR RED COLOR IS CAUSED BY GLARE OF FLAMES. AT TORRINGTON. THEY REACH THE RIVER JUST IN THE NICK OF TIME.
from DARGERism: CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS AND HENRY DARGER
Henry Darger (1892 - 1973)
Chicago
Mid-twentieth century
Watercolor, pencil, carbon tracing, and collage on pieced paper
19 x 70 1/2 in.
