Henry Darger

(1892- 1973)

• worked as a custodian in Chicago, Illinois
• artwork is considered an example of "outsider art"
• also an American writer

"Darger's work contains many religious themes, albeit handled extremely idiosyncratically" and "child labor" issues with his work, In the Realms of the Unreal .

His work has changed "since his death in 1973 and the discovery of his massive opus, and especially since the 1990s, there have been many references in popculture and along with other artist to Darger's work".

http://www.hammergallery.com/Artists/darger/Darger.htm

I believe Henry Darger artwork has to do with social justice in the fact his work is about pop culture of his time. His work is colorful with childlike images of stories he either wrote himself from the life he lives or of stories of the past. An outsider artist is "described as art created outside the boundaries of official culture", out there. Although his stories were werid and out there, they are in relation to his history and about what people define as crazy or crazy people. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outsider_art