[1auralynn]

Personally, I find his work compelling - I saw an amazing exhibit at the Frye in Seattle and the scale of it was incredible, also the composition. But I think his work makes some people uncomfortable. From Wikipedia: "One idiosyncratic feature of Darger's artwork is that his girl subjects are shown to have penises when unclothed or partially clothed. Darger biographer Jim Elledge speculates that this represents a reflection of Darger's own childhood issues with sexual identity and homosexuality."

[fumeux_fume]

I also got to see his work at the Frye many years ago. It was one of the best exhibits I've seen in Seattle. That was also the era they had R. Crumb retrospective--a real coup for a museum that's free to the public.

[1auralynn]

There is a great documentary on him: In the Realms of the Unreal

[sitkack]

I saw this and came to say the same thing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRlvDKcDvsI

Weird dude, but outsider art is fascinating.