Maxon crumb original art series#

His work frequently touches on repellent themes. Zap comix teemed with racist and sexually perverse imagery - one Crumb character looked like a walking testicle. Although Crumb was the master of many styles his most iconic work looked something like illustrations from old Segar Popeye comic strips, with themes that dipped straight into the suppressed unconscious: racism, scummy sex, societal taboos, paranoia and the seething rage of the unwashed. A couple of years later in college we discovered Crumb's amazing artwork in Zap comix, which clearly came from a mind completely unrestrained by conventional morality. In 1968 every kid in the country came in contact with Crumb's cover art for Big Brother and the Holding Company's album Cheap Thrills. It would be harder to imagine a more contentious subject than Robert Crumb, the artist and cartoonist who more or less created the Underground Comix movement with his highly idiosyncratic and frequently pornographic depictions of the seamy side of the American mentality. It required extreme patience from its director Terry Zwigoff, who was close friends with his subject yet clearly had to do a lot of convincing to secure his cooperation. 1995's Crumb involved years of filming and waiting. Barbara Kopple decided to investigate Harlan County, U.S.A. When they started Gimme Shelter the Maysles brothers thought they were making a conventional backstage concert film. Truly transcendent documentary films often seem the result of sheer serendipity, the choice of just the right subject at the perfect time. Produced by Lynn O'Donnell, Terry Zwigoff With Robert Crumb, Aline Crumb, Charles Crumb, Maxon Crumb. Throughout his work runs aĬurrent of sophisticated, subliminal social commentary.1995 / Color / 1:33 enhanced widescreen / 120 min. Sometimes graphically violent, compositions. Suppressed sexual tension and curiosity are expressed in searching,

He is well versed in classicĪrt and literature, as seen in his references to European masters andĮxotic images of Aztecan/Mayan architecture and sacrificial rituals. He still meditates a few hours a week on the streets of San Takes time to enjoy long walks in the country and explore his inner

Play, 1997) and HardCore Mother (CityZen Books, 2001) his first novel, that his artistry has been accessible to a wide audience.įrom 1997 Maxon has earned his living solely through art sales, book.

Although Maxon has been drawing, painting,Īnd writing for over 25 years (early work appeared in Weirdo, Liquidator,Īnd his self-published Crumb's Brother's Magazine), it is only since the Prices do not include shipping, insurance or applicable sales taxes.īorn in 1945, Maxon Crumb is the youngest brother of Charles Limited to an edition of 60, each work is signed and numbered by Maxon Crumb. 'Maxon's Reading the Cosmic Wheel art print is 10x more stunning in person! Gave me goosebumps! I am having it custom framed by a serious fine art/conservation framer.'

‐ Robert Crumb on Maxon's Reading the Cosmic Wheel giclee. Islands of velvet black, moss green and Manzanita-bark red flow to energetic swirls, pools of delicate color and intricate tracings of line that guide your soaring thoughts back again. As the peaceful seeker in the picture knows, the more you study Reading the Cosmic Wheel the more you discover. Like the eternal circle within it, this stunning work embraces Maxon's unique concept of nature, intellect and spirituality. All the subtle nuance and powerful texture of Maxon's oil-on-canvas are meticulously recorded in Reading the Cosmic Wheel, an archival pigment print based on Maxon's brilliant 2007 painting.

Maxon crumb original art series#

Because demand for Maxon's paintings exceeds their ready availability Word Play is pleased to present his first in a series of museum quality color works.