The Story
ART & BEAUTY HC DRAWINGS BY R CRUMB (MR)
(W) R. CRUMB (A) R. CRUMB (C) R. CRUMB
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Art & Beauty Magazine is at once a satirical take on aesthetics and a continued exploration of Crumb’s subversion of sexuality and mainstream values. Drawings of women in positions ranging from lascivious to modest or mid-sport are accompanied by quotations from artists like Leonardo da Vinci- George Grosz- William de Kooning- Ralph Waldo Emerson- and Harvey Kurtzman. Mining his own obsessions and fantasies- Crumb reimagines the history of art- challenging notions of beauty- along with society’s mores and expectations of propriety around the female form. The images appeal to a mostly erotic sensibility- which in turn is undercut by the inclusion of sometimes ironic and frequently philosophical prose. The images drag philosophy back down to earth- while the writing challenges the pure eroticism of Crumb’s drawings. Presenting all three issues of the series in one book- Art & Beauty Magazine is arranged chronologically- from the earliest images in the 1990s to drawings completed in 2016. Paul Morris- longtime gallerist and supporter of Crumb’s practice- writes an introduction that contextualizes this body of work and the artist’s career.
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ART & BEAUTY HC DRAWINGS BY R CRUMB (MR)
(W) R. CRUMB (A) R. CRUMB (C) R. CRUMB
FANTAGRAPHICS
StockID: 170330 SKU: 0126FB0769
Art & Beauty Magazine is at once a satirical take on aesthetics and a continued exploration of Crumb’s subversion of sexuality and mainstream values. Drawings of women in positions ranging from lascivious to modest or mid-sport are accompanied by quotations from artists like Leonardo da Vinci- George Grosz- William de Kooning- Ralph Waldo Emerson- and Harvey Kurtzman. Mining his own obsessions and fantasies- Crumb reimagines the history of art- challenging notions of beauty- along with society’s mores and expectations of propriety around the female form. The images appeal to a mostly erotic sensibility- which in turn is undercut by the inclusion of sometimes ironic and frequently philosophical prose. The images drag philosophy back down to earth- while the writing challenges the pure eroticism of Crumb’s drawings. Presenting all three issues of the series in one book- Art & Beauty Magazine is arranged chronologically- from the earliest images in the 1990s to drawings completed in 2016. Paul Morris- longtime gallerist and supporter of Crumb’s practice- writes an introduction that contextualizes this body of work and the artist’s career.
