Like her parents, Sophie Crumb, who was born in 1981, is recognized for her singular graphic style that trenchantly reflects on her life, her family, and French and American society and culture, all filtered through her own unique generational lens.Īline Kominsky-Crumb, Self Portrait (Cancer-free Survivor), 2021Ĭourtesy the artist, Paul Morris, and David Zwirner
As pioneering graphic artists, the two have maintained their own distinctive practices while also frequently collaborating on projects such as Aline and Bob’s Dirty Laundry Comics (1974) and, more recently, Bad Diet & Bad Hair Destroy Human Civilization (2020). Crumb had each already established themselves at the forefront of the underground comics scene: Kominsky-Crumb with her autobiographical comics that appeared in the influential all-female anthology Wimmen’s Comix, and Crumb with his genre-defining comic strips of the 1960s and early 1970s like Fritz the Cat, Mr. Crumb, and Sophie Crumb, 2022Ĭourtesy the artists, Paul Morris, and David Zwirnerīy the time they met in 1971, Aline Kominsky-Crumb and R. Crumb, and Sophie Crumb, Sauve-Qui-Peut Comics and Drawings, 2022 This will be the first major joint presentation of husband and wife Crumb and Kominsky-Crumb and their daughter, Sophie Crumb-who have all lived in France for the past thirty years-since the 2007 exhibition La Famille Crumb at Le Musée de Sérignan (now Musée régional d’art contemporain Occitanie), France.Īline Kominsky-Crumb, R. Crumb, Aline Kominsky-Crumb, and Sophie Crumb, on view at the gallery’s Paris location. Sophie Crumb admits it's a little embarrassing, but says, "That's part of my lot." And the same is true, she says, for anyone who draws about their own life.David Zwirner is pleased to present an exhibition of works by R. "If drew all the time like that from early childhood and it was all saved, be an interesting way to study their development." "You can trace this evolution of her development through her drawings, and I'd never seen a book like that," Robert Crumb says.
The Crumbs say they realized long ago that the vastness of the collection is what makes it especially compelling.
"I'd rather it be seen as an interesting study of art and age and evolution from childhood to adulthood," she says. Sophie Crumb says for the book, she was far more interested in the psychological value of the collection than in the "tabloid-y" aspect. He says he was surprised when she realized drawing didn't come as easily to other people, since she and her parents were so talented. "About age 6, 7 or 8, she started making these very fine cutouts of little paper dolls," Robert Crumb says. 'Sophie Crumb: Evolution Of A Crazy Artist' She just kept doing artwork all the time." "She just drew a lot, enjoyed it, and just kept doing it through her teen years, through her 20s. "Sophie took to drawing like a duck takes to water," Robert Crumb remembers. She says she realized how important they were when she was a teenager, watching her father's fame grow.īut the Crumb parents didn't explicitly teach her to draw, it was just something she did for fun. "He was into them, so I kind of did them to make him laugh."ĭespite her parents' efforts to hide their work - and fame - from her, Sophie Crumb says she felt pressured to achieve like they had. "My dad is a compulsive archivist," she says. Sophie Crumb features a comprehensive collection of Sophie's drawings, and that was no accident. She and her father tell NPR's Neal Conan about collaborating on her book and life in the Crumb household. Her new book, Sophie Crumb: Evolution Of A Crazy Artist, is a collection of her work up to age 28. So it's only natural that she found herself gravitating toward their profession as early as the age of 2. Sophie Crumb grew up in a family of artists - her parents, Robert Crumb and Aline Kominsky-Crumb, are two of the most famous graphic artists in the world. Sophie Crumb: Evolution Of A Crazy Artist
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