Capturing a New Yorker's Life in Cartoons

The Leonard Lopate Show | May 20, 2016

The New Yorker's Roz Chast has been drawing iconic cartoons that perfectly capture daily life, from the joyful to the absurd, for over 40 years. A new exhibit of her work, “Cartoon Memoirs,” is currently on view at the Museum of the City of New York through October 9th. The exhibit displays over 200 works – many of which have never been published, including a mural Chast calls “Subway Sofa”, which she painted at the Museum as visitors watched.

"Cartoon Memoirs" is on view at the Museum of the City of New York (1220 5th Ave.) through October 9th. For tickets and more information, visit their website. 

 

Summer Psychology Session, 2006 Cover illustration for The New Yorker, August 7, 2006
( Image courtesy Danese/Corey, New York ©Roz Chast. All rights reserved)

 

The Birth of Venus, 2014 Cover illustration for The New Yorker, August 4, 2014
( Image courtesy Danese/Corey, New York ©Roz Chast. All rights reserved.)

 

Roz Chast stands in front of her mural at the Museum of the City of New York.
(Filip Wolak Courtesy MCNY)

 

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