Design

Lynda Barry Cartoon Art

Famed cartoonist Lynda Barry is currently showing her work from past 35 years at Adam Baumgold Gallery in the exhibition: Lynda Barry, Everything: Part I. The exhibition includes work from her seminal books as well as works that were published in Raw, The Village Voice, Esquire, Newsweek and The New York Times, among others.

Central to all her many bodies of work is Barry’s energetic line and her boisterous sense of humor. In some of her earliest works, for example, a cactus tries to seduce a woman saying, “Lola, can we be sure of anything in this crazy world? All I know are your eyes tonight and this wild beating of my heart.” For Barry, drawing and storytelling are integrated activities.

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Same Circus, New Clowns, 1998 for New York Times Ink, watercolor on paper 11″ x 15 3/4″ (Courtesy Adam Baumgold Gallery)

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My Summer of Drive Through Movies (1), 1995 for Premiere Magazine Ink, watercolor on paper 11″ x 9 1/2″ (Courtesy Adam Baumgold Gallery)

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My Summer of Drive Through Movies (2), 1995 for Premiere Magazine Ink, watercolor on paper 11 3/8″ x 9 3/8″ ((Courtesy Adam Baumgold Gallery)

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Lintball, 1989 Ink, watercolor, colored pencil on paper 17 7/8″ x 13 1/16″ (Courtesy Adam Baumgold Gallery)

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The Most Memorable Days of My Childhood (1), c.1990 Ink, watercolor on paper 10 1/8 x 14 7/8″ (Courtesy Adam Baumgold Gallery)

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The Most Memorable Days of My Childhood (2), c.1990 Ink, watercolor on paper 10 1/8 x 14 7/8″ (Courtesy Adam Baumgold Gallery)

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What Kids Don’t Get About Food, 1996 for New York Times Sunday Magazine Ink, watercolor on paper 13″ x 11 1/8″ (Courtesy Adam Baumgold Gallery)

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Why Are Women Crazy, 1981 In on paper 19 1/4″ x 15 5/8″ ((Courtesy Adam Baumgold Gallery)

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What Happened To the Women’s Movement?, 1990s for Newsweek Magazine Ink, watercolor on paper 8 1/2″ x 11″ (Courtesy Adam Baumgold Gallery)

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Today’s Demon Dancing (Pages 3 & 4âcolor), 2000 Watercolor on xerox 8 1/2″ x 11″ (Courtesy Adam Baumgold Gallery)

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Left, Trailer Talk, 1999 Ink on Paper 11″ x 8/12″. Right, Marlys School Diary, 1999 Ink on Paper 11″ x 8/12″. (Courtesy Adam Baumgold Gallery)

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