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Electric Works

July 10 - August 23, 2009

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The Cresting Wave: San Francisco Underground Comix Experience Ronald's Rampage by Jay Kinney
Electric Works presents "The Cresting Wave: San Francisco Underground Comix Experience" July 10 — August 22, 2009 Artist Reception: Friday, July 10, 6-8 PM Electric Works is pleased to present "The Cresting Wave: The San Francisco Underground Comix Experience," a group exhibition featuring underground comix artists from San Francisco, from the mid-'60's to the late '80's. Artists included are Mark Bode, Vaughn Bode, Guy Colwell, R. Crumb, Jay Kinney, Dan O'Neill, Trina Robbins, Spain Rodriguez, Randy Vogel, and S. Clay Wilson. Culling work from private collectors and the artists themselves, guest curator, Underground Comix writer, publisher and historian, Dan Fogel, has amassed important work from each artist that spans personal drawings, well-known comix pieces, including covers and original comps, as well as other rare ephemera from the heyday of the San Francisco scene. San Francisco was the birthplace of the underground comix scene in the mid 1960's: nowhere else on the planet was there such a concentration of talent, vision, and production. In a relatively short time, the artists who coalesced in the Bay Area changed the face of popular culture forever. Taking on issues of politics, race, sexuality, drugs, counterculture of the time, and intellectual property, these artists were able to push the bounds of propriety, "decency" and imagery more drastically than in any other medium of the era. Complementing the robust gallery show, Electric Works will feature many other important pieces by the artists that will be available for viewing during the course of the exhibition in our flat files. In addition, Electric Works will be publishing a collaborative "jam" print featuring many of the artists in the exhibition, proceeds of which will benefit the S. Clay Wilson Special Needs Trust, benefiting their friend, who is recovering from serious injuries. Gallery Hours Tuesday-Friday: 11:00 am - 6:00 pm Saturday: 11:00 am - 5:00 pm