Art & Beauty Magazine - numbers 1, 2 & 3 

• 2016 
• HC 
• Art & Beauty Magazine (tijdschrift) [Engels] 
• Art & Beauty HC [USA] 

7656575

Comic Books

Art & Beauty Magazine - numbers 1, 2 & 3

2016

Hard cover

First edition of a reissue

Not coloured

978-1941701348

132

18.0 x 26.0 cm

R. Crumb's beguiling drawings of bodacious and bold women from the 1990s to the present Gathering all three volumes of R. Crumb's acclaimed Art & Beauty Magazine, this publication guides the reader through the 20-year history of Crumb's magazine, from the earliest images in the 1990s to the most recent drawings completed in 2016. Art & Beauty: Number 1, originally published by Kitchen Sink Press in 1996, 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 are accompanied by quotations, many of which are from artists such as Leonardo da Vinci and Harvey Kurtzman. Mining his own obsessions and fantasies, Crumb reimagines the history of art, challenging social mores and expectations of propriety around the female form. The second volume of Art & Beauty, published in 2003, expanded on the first, adding all-new drawings (also of women) and quotations, likewise taken from the history of art. The images appeal to a purely erotic sensibility, which is undercut by the inclusion of often philosophical prose. The eagerly awaited Art & Beauty Number 3 is released for the first time as part of Art & Beauty Magazine, published on the occasion of the artist's exhibition at David Zwirner, London. This beautiful edition, with a cover specially designed by the artist, is a wonderful window into Crumb's world of bodies and ideas, art and beauty, for seasoned supporters and novices alike.