tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2438801388377581634.post6863806642970517736..comments2023-04-22T12:32:24.799-07:00Comments on The House of Substance: The American Folk Art MuseumSubstance McGravitashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04118764163822188800noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2438801388377581634.post-31259694442744486892011-09-22T15:47:16.457-07:002011-09-22T15:47:16.457-07:00I loved that documentary about him that came out a...<i>I loved that documentary about him that came out a couple of years ago. </i><br /><br />The film-maker felt the necessity to turn paintings into Flash animations, in the belief that they were not sufficiently eye-catching as they were.<br /><br />Let the record show that as a fervent Snakefinger fan from way back, I knew about the Vivian Girls long before all you hipsters got into Darger.<br /><br />The Youtuba has just introduced me to the Monks of Doom covering <i>The Vivian Girls</i> AND <i>The Insect God</i>.Smut Clydehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09409476490132867809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2438801388377581634.post-24738742690308740502011-09-21T11:14:54.181-07:002011-09-21T11:14:54.181-07:00I didn't see it. I should hunt around. The s...I didn't see it. I should hunt around. The stuff when you see it is just loads better in person.Substance McGravitashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04118764163822188800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2438801388377581634.post-53366209125963181772011-09-21T10:23:56.922-07:002011-09-21T10:23:56.922-07:00Man, Darger was one strange duck. I loved that do...Man, Darger was one strange duck. I loved that documentary about him that came out a couple of years ago.Big Bad Bald Bastardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01983025559556548658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2438801388377581634.post-85385092706787943982011-09-21T00:23:08.955-07:002011-09-21T00:23:08.955-07:00No one gives a shit about weirdos, hicks & the...No one gives a shit about weirdos, hicks & their pretensions to art.<br /><br />We had an equivalent in the capital of Philistine, but it <a href="http://www.cafam.org/history.html" rel="nofollow">disappeared for a while</a>.<br /><br /><i>Enthusiasm alone could not withstand the recession of the early nineties. After a series of setbacks, financing dwindled and the museum was forced to close its doors for a couple years. The library was given to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art; the collection was sold at auction; and the archive was given to UCLA. The museum’s operations scaled down and was taken under the administration of the Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department in 1999.</i><br /><br />Disappeared because people here want what WV calls cologen more than culcha.M. Bouffanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04519088858760760560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2438801388377581634.post-62698121281359933912011-09-20T14:21:04.589-07:002011-09-20T14:21:04.589-07:00Oh geez. That's sad. It's always sad when ...Oh geez. That's sad. It's always sad when a resource like that goes away. I'm surprised a city like NY would let it go away.Dr.KennethNoisewaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07756205027083077404noreply@blogger.com