~’HARD-ASS FRIDAY NITE: THE ART of SPAIN RODRIGUEZ’ . . ANDREW EDLIN GALLERY / OPENING SAT FEB 12
CURATED BY – DAN NADEL . . . !!
‘HARD-ASS FRIDAY NITE: THE ART of SPAIN RODRIGUEZ’
CURATED BY : DAN NADEL
OPENS . . SAT FEB 12 / 3 – 7 PM
runs thru . . APRIL 2, 2022
ANDREW EDLIN GALLERY, 212 Bowery, NY 10012
HRS: TUES – SAT / 10 AM – 6 PM
see: THE PRESS RELEASE / INCLUDING A GREAT BIO of RODRIGUEZ / SELECTED ART WORKS / & A SCHEDULE of EVENTS
“SPAIN RODRIQUEZ, (1940-2012), called the ‘socialist soul’ of the 1960s underground comics movement, combined leftist politics, outlaw biker adventure, and science fiction . . .
raised in Buffalo, New York . . where he became a member of the Road Vultures Motorcycle Club, which offered him comradery and decades of material / he moved to New York’s East Village in the mid 1960s . . where he began a near 50 year run of publishing / becaming a staff cartoonist for the most renowned of the underground newspapers.”
“In 1969 Spain moved to San Francisco, where he was invited to join ZAP Comix by ROBERT CRUMB.”
~Press Release
note: ROBERT CRUMB & ALINE KOMINSKY-CRUMB in conversation with . . .
exhibition curator DAN NADEL / THURS FEB 24, 1 PM EST on ZOOM / RSVP needed
note: ‘Bad Attitude: The Art of Spain Rodriguez’ film screening / with director Susan Stern & KIM DEITCH – MARCH 24, 6:30 PM at the gallery.
