Robert Williams - "That Demon Rust"
A
painting student first at Los Angeles City College and later at the
Chouinard Art Institute, Williams got his first break when he became the
art director for legendary hot rod hero Ed "Big Daddy" Roth.
With the rise of the counterculture in the late 1960's. Williams found a
growing audience in the underground comic milieu that nurtured such
figures as Robert Crumb, Victor Moscoso and S. Clay Wilson. One of the
originators of Zap Comix, Williams continues tradition of no-holds barred
creative exploration. In 1994 Williams founded Juxtapoz magazine
with a group of artists and collectors. The publication's mission
statement was to present art that is provocative, technically adept and
worthy of exposure. William's work has been presented internationally on
album covers and posters and in magazines and exhibitions, including the
important Helter Skelter: L.A. Art in the 1990s at the Museum of
Contemporary Art in Los Angeles in 1992 and the 1993 exhibition Kustom
Kulture at the Laguna Art Museum. Williams has produced a number of
publications such as Malicious Resplendence, Zombie Mystery Painting,
Visual Addiction and Views from a Tortured Libido.
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