So apparently there’s an exhibit of Basil Wolverton’s work going on right now at an LA gallery, which I wasn’t aware of but is a rather freaking awesome thing nevertheless. Judging by his story for the Los Angeles Times, Alex Chun agrees:
“Basil Wolverton is an artist who basically shook up the norm and opened the door to some really gritty and wild stuff,” says Grand Central Art Center Director Andrea Harris-McGee. “It’s all drawn so well, and even the ones that are just portraits are so complex . . . that they keep you interested for a long time.”
All the art in the show was culled from the collection of Glenn Bray, who also provided many of the Harvey Kurtzman originals shown last year at the MOCA part of the “Masters of American Comics” exhibition.
Again, something I wasn’t aware of, but is pretty cool.
