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The Art of Madness
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Re: The Art of Madness
#12This article reminded me of Nick Blinko's cover art for Coil's Unnatural History III.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unnatural_History_III
I seem to remember reading that he suffered from schizophrenia, and had a habit of burying is art in his backyard so it would grow.
Re: The Art of Madness
#13TempleOS
This is actually a brilliant connection.
I could totally see a video of TempleOS being projected on a screen in some Museum of Modern Art. It would be very fitting.
Of course, it'll probably take them another 50 years to take any notice of it, and for it to be accepted by them as "art".
Re: The Art of Madness
#14No discussion of Outside Art would be complete without mentioning Henry Darger ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Darger ) and his uber-epic In the Realms of the Unreal , a "15,145-page, single-spaced fantasy manuscript". He lived almost all his life on 851 W. Webster Avenue in Chicago. If you're in Chicago you can also visit the INtuit Center of Outsider Art ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intuit:_The_Center_for_…
Indeed. I saw his work at an exhibit in Seattle years ago. It is a mind-bender, for sure.