From March 23 to April 30, an enormous amount of R. Crumb's work will be on display at Society of Illustrators. Crumb, the biggest name in underground comics, has been drawing professionally since the early '60s. His work has drawn criticism for its perceived sexism and racism, but to label him as one or the other, or even both, does a reductive disservice to an indisputable talent.
Crumb paved the way for many famous comic book writers and artists with an idiosyncratic style—Crumb credits LSD with allowing him to draw the way he does—and an inability to be anything less than brutally honest about this extreme neuroses. His sexual hang-ups and predilections are frequently on display, as well his own impossibly low opinion of himself.
Crumb is a living legend. With the publication of his illustrated Book of Genesis in 2009, he's showing no sign of slowing down. Catch up with his body of work with this retropsective.
R. Crumb: Lines Drawn on Paper
Opening Wednesday, March 23
Running through April 30
Society of Illustrators
Check here for gallery hours
Still Truckin': R. Crumb Retrospective Opens Wednesday in New York (3/23)
By Ross Scarano | Mar 22, 2011 | 4:44 pm | Permalink
