Tag Archives: Jim Elledge

Jim Elledge’s Henry Darger: Throwaway Boy

Jim Elledge’s, Henry Darger: Throw Away Boy presents a rich portrait of the outsider artist’s life, scaffolded with a decade’s worth of research. Arguing against claims that Darger “was a pedophile, a sadist, or a serial killer”, Elledge has produced a fascinating, and frankly heart-wrenching, account that explains Darger’s work through the context of it’s […]

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Beyond the Wall: Outsider Art Goes Inside

This past October, famed UK street artist Banksy spent a month in New York City, leaving behind 31 provocative works in public spaces scattered throughout the city’s five boroughs. Each new piece threw the press and public deeper into the kind of frenzy usually reserved for pop culture events like a new Harry Potter book […]

Posted in News, News-Previews | Tagged 5pointz, 5Pointz Center, Antonio Serna, Banksy, Brian Chidester, fine art, Henry Darger, illustration, Jim Elledge, Marcel Duchamp, Maya Hayuk, Outsider Art