Art and design news, reviews, comment and features. MARSDEN WOO GALLERY 17-18 Great Sutton Street London EC1V 0DN. Whitechapel Gallery. Victoria Miro. Parasol unit: Home. White Cube. Art. Art Galleries in London - Art Gallery Information. Art R Crumb: Art and Beauty Robert Crumb is the world’s most famous underground cartoonist.
So much so that the 72-year-old doesn’t really count as ‘underground’ any more, having long ago left the countercultural ‘comix’ scene and moved into the realm of art galleries. Along the way, his subject matter has expanded too, from his original, acid-fried strips of the 1960s, through documentary forays into the lives of obscure blues musicians and Kafka, to his recent magisterial, comic-book version of the Book of Genesis. One aspect that hasn’t changed much over time, though, is his sexual fantasies. London Evening Standard. London Arts Guide.