P.O.V. - In the Realms of the Unreal . Henry Darger: Selected Works (6 of 8)

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Premiered: August 2, 2005 at 10PM | Check for Rebroadcasts

Take an interactive audio tour through several of Henry Darger's works, led by Brooke Davis Anderson, director and curator of the Contemporary Center at the American Folk Art Museum.

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Henry Darger 1892-1973

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"The Frightful Storm"

Gigantic Roverine with Young All poisonous All Islands Of Universan seas and oceans. Also in Calverina Angelinia and Abbieannia.

Watercolor, pencil and carbon tracing on pieced paper (14" x 33 3/4"). American Folk Art Museum, anonymous gift 2001.16.4. © Kiyoko Lerner. Photo: James Prinz.

Brooke Davis Anderson "This is one of the more spectacular watercolor paintings of one his blengiglomeneans, a made-up word for a made-up species in a made-up tale by Henry Darger. His blengiglomeneans are these wonderfully complex creatures. In fact, in The Realms of the Unreal, all of his characters are pretty complex and compelling creatures. The blengiglomenean in this case is made up of a dragon head with dog ears, antlers on its crested head, lizard-like legs, and a rattle-like tail with butterfly wings."