"The artist really should be lost to history, and certainly these drawings should," said curator Tom Parker of his unusual and mysterious upcoming exhibition. The exhibited works are by outsider artist Edward Deeds, a mental patient at a Nevada, Missouri's State Hospital for almost 40 years.
Deeds, who was diagnosed with dementia praecox and schizophrenia, was committed to a mental institution in 1936. Beyond this fact we know little about Deeds' condition, personality or life, although curator Parker sees all he needs to in Deeds' artwork. "The images have one fabulous clue on every page," Parker explained. "State Lunatic Asylum, written on the paper by the hospital. One poetic detail which encapsulates everything you need to know about the artist and his circumstance."
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