SJMA to Feature Comic Book Artist R. Crumb's Book of Genesis June 23 – September 5, 2011

SAN JOSE MUSEUM
Press Release

CALIFORNIA - The San Jose Museum of Art will showcase the work of legendary underground comic artist R. Crumb this summer. The Bible Illuminated: R. Crumb's Book of Genesis will be on view from June 23 through September 25, 2011. The exhibition will feature 207 individual, black-and-white drawings from Crumb's critically acclaimed 2009 adaptation of the first book of the Bible, which incorporates every word from all fifty chapters. The Book of Genesis Illustrated by R. Crumb was published by W.W. Norton in October 2009.  In his review of the book for the New York Times David Hajdu wrote, "Crumb luxuriates in the carnality of Genesis without playing it for gratuitous shock or comic effect." 110 South Market Street in downtown San Jose, CA, (408) 271-6840, SanJoseMuseumofArt.org.[link]