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HENRY DARGER’S ORPHANS
AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF RACE
On view July 14, 2017–January 14, 2018
Intuit’s exhibition
Henry Darger’s Orphans and the Construction of
Race
centers on Darger’s late collages, which include photographic
reproductions of Asian “war-orphans” in Korea and Vietnam. The
collages offer an anguished reflection on the complicated aftermath
of war, representations of race and ethnicity, Darger’s thwarted
real-life attempts to adopt a child, and his own victimization as
an orphan and reveals how the United States constructed race,
particularly whiteness, and childhood.
756 N. Milwaukee Ave. Chicago
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Special thanks to the American Folk Art Museum, New York,
for its generous loans of Henry Darger artworks and archives.
Henry Darger (American, 1892-1973). Untitled (“
In Times Like These…
”), n.d. Page of coloring book, newspaper clippings and other paper
clippings on advertising cardboard, 14 x 20 in. Collection American Folk Art Museum, New York, 102.5. © 2017 Kiyoko Lerner / Artists Rights
Society (ARS), New York, Photo credit: Gavin Ashworth, © American Folk Art Museum/Art Resource, NY
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756 N. Milwauk e Ave. Chicago
art.org | (312) 234-90 8
cial thanks to the A erican Folk Art Museum, New York,
f r its generous loans of Henry Darger artworks and archives.
Henry Darger (American, 1892-1973). Un itled (“
In Times Like Th se…
”), n d. Page of c loring book, news aper clippings and other aper
cli pings on advertising cardboard, 14 x 20 in. Collection American Folk Art Museum, New York, 102 5. © 2017 Kiy ko L rner / Artists Rights
Society (ARS), New York, Ph to credit: Gavin Ashworth, © American Folk Art Museum/Art Resource, NY