Photo by Zoetica Ebb I love going big. At Lost Circus, thrown by Brooklyn’s mistress of decadence, Larisa Fuchs of Gemini and Scorpio, I’m creating giant photo booth installations of my art. You can truely step inside my paintings. Come … Continue reading
On July 23rd, the Pornsaints Exhibition opens at the Museum of Porn in Art in Zurich. Who Needs Eve When You Have Venus?, my portrait of April Flores, is included in the show and the catalog. You can pick up … Continue reading
Glass water bottles I designed for The Box. During my several year collaberation with the supper club, I developed my own Box iconography, making pigs the symbol of the Box’s customers, who worship at the alter of their godlike performers
Photo by Zoetica Ebb. Mark Ryden Pin. Dress by Modcloth Last week, Zoetica Ebb and I proceeded to the battered bastion of joy that is Coney Island, where we ate sweet things and pulled bull horns and Zo took my … Continue reading
On of my formative corruptors, Editrix Abby, interviewed me over at Carnal Nation. CN: You’re also a burlesque performer. Tell us about your decision to come out from behind your easel! MC: Well, I believe you discovered me, Madame Editrix. … Continue reading
Burlesque is a huge inspiration for me, so I was incredibly stoked when performer Mynx d’Meanor asked to do a burlesque number based on my art. Here she is debuting it at San Fransisco’s Hubba Hubba Review. Bestill my heart! … Continue reading
Ever since I got those Etnies sneakers at the Comic Book Legal Defense party, I’ve been attacking every available surface- including my decrepit dresser. I drew they harlots on with a base coat of acrylics, then etched out the details … Continue reading
Photo by Kate Black Hello wicked ones! Right now my art brain is absorbed in projects The Man won’t let me show you (ie comics pages and designs for the next season of Dirtee Hollywood shirts). But! I’ve got Chinashop … Continue reading
Girl Comics #3 is finally out! In this issue, I got to collaberate with Annie Nocenti and Star. St. Germain on a 6-page Typhoid Mary story. It was a total honor to have been chosen by Annie to render her … Continue reading
Rest in peace, Harvey Pekar, who wrote with unstinting honesty, and changed the lives of so many strangers and friends
I'm Molly Crabapple, an artist and writer in New York. My art show, Shell Game, was covered by press including New Republic, Rolling Stone, Fast Company, Wired, and The American Reader. My work can be found in the permanent collections of the New York Historical Society, the Rubin Museum of Art, and the Groucho Club. I've published several books, including Discordia (with Laurie Penny), and the forthcoming Straw House. I write a monthly column for VICE, and my essays have appeared at CNN, The Paris Review and Jacobin.
