"Fit Figures" From the Contorted Mind of R.Crumb

In 2012, I enrolled in graduate school for art history with a rebellious attitude towards art. I was deeply ingrained in punk, metal and goth subcultures, and the visual art I was drawn to reflected my appetite for edgy content.

Before I settled on the subject of post-WWII figurative expressionist painting in the United States (of which I’ve become a fo…