R. Crumb

David Zwirner is pleased to present There’s No End to the Nonsense, an exhibition of work by American artist R. Crumb opening at the gallery’s London location. There’s No End to the Nonsense is an intimately scaled survey of Crumb’s work that spans across the adventurous and expansive arc of his storied sixty-year career. This is his first solo exhibition in London in a decade.

One of today’s most celebrated illustrators, Crumb helped define the cartoon subcultures of the 1960s and 1970s with comic strips like Fritz the Cat, Mr. Natural, and Keep on Truckin’. Instrumental in the formation of the underground comics scene, Crumb challenged and expanded the boundaries of the graphic arts, redefining comics and cartoons as countercultural art forms. The overt eroticism of his work paired with frequent self-deprecation and a free, almost stream-of-consciousness style have solidified his position as a renowned and influential artist whose work addresses the absurdity of social conventions and political disillusionment.