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Tales of Battles, Origin Myths and Personal Experience Collide

By Edie Adelstein
Colorado Springs Independent | January 28, 2010
Nathan Lerner, a celebrated photographer, began to show his tenant Henry Darger's illustrated manuscripts in galleries after Darger died. In a matter of a decade, Darger's posthumous popularity exploded. He is known today as one of the most prominent figures in American "outsider" art.
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Tags: I.D.E.A. Space, Jessica Hunter Larsen, American Folk Art Museum, Australian Aboriginal Dreamtime paintings, Brooke Davis Anderson, Henry Darger, Mary Allen-Meilinger, Mose Tolliver

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