In this episode, Grayson Perry discusses Henry Darger’s influence on his work, the path to declaring oneself an artist, elitism in the art world and many more topics.
In this episode, Philippe Cohen Solal and biographers Michael Bonesteel and Jim Elledge discuss Henry Darger’s childhood and how trauma shaped his art.
Self-isolated he wrote 33000 pages and created around 300 incredible paintings, drawings and collages.
He never showed them to anyone, and they were discovered by his landlords Nathan & Kiyoko Lerner before Henry died. His art and life are the main inspiration behind Philippe Cohen Solal and Mike Lindsay’s project: OUTSIDER.
