How Do You Start A Lowbrow Comic Art Collection?
Lowbrow Art is a movement that began in the nineties, inspired by former sixties underground comic artist Robert Williams and his magazine “Juxtapoz”. Other influences on this style include Sixties underground artists like Robert Crumb, Kim Deitch and S. Clay Wilson, along with Fifties California car culture artists like Ed “Big Daddy” Roth and Von Dutch. While the art establishment may not “get” this art style yet, don’t let that discourage you from becoming a collector. The art establishment has been slow to accept other movements in the past, such as Dada, Surrealism and Pop Art. This is, in fact, good news, because some of the original artwork may be affordable for the average person. To find out about lowbrow artists and their work, subscribe to Juxtapoz Magazine. Visit galleries that specialize in lowbrow art. While there aren’t many of these galleries around, their numbers are growing. Most are in Los Angeles, the Bay Area, and Manhattan. The best known of these galleries includ
