Chast’s work has also appeared in almost twenty other books, both her own and others’. The exhibition features original drawings for several children’s books including Chast's own Around the Clock that features antics for every hour on the hour, as well as Too Busy Marco and Marco Goes to School, both about a small red bird. Illustrations on view from other children’s titles include Now I Will Never Leave the Dinner Table by Jane Read Martin, Gabby the Shrew by Alpha-Betty Olsen and Marshall Efron, and Meet My Staff by Patricia Marx.
Also featured are all of the illustrations from Chast's book What I Hate from A to Z, a darkly funny spin on the classic alphabet book with a new horror or unpleasantry for each letter including alien abductions, elevators, water bugs, and the color yellow. A substantial number of illustrations Chast created for 101 Two-letter Words, a book of two-letter words allowed in the game of Scrabble, by Stephin Merritt also appear in the exhibition. These include an eye-patch-wearing pirate parrot for the word AR and a jar of Grandma Yetta’s Gefilte Fish for OY.
Many of the cartoons and magazine covers that readers of The New Yorker have known and loved over the years appear in the exhibition as well. In addition, two of Chast's hand-hooked storytelling rugs will be on display including one called Dad's Favorite Foods, as well as several hand-made mini books with titles such as The Small Pamphlet of Things.
A video interview with the artist and a video of her at work on a large mural will be screened in the gallery, and visitors can also interact with a walk-in, life-sized recreation of one of her cartoons. A selection of family photos and ephemera are also on view.
Roz Chast, 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 grew up in Brooklyn, NY and received a BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design with studies in graphic design and painting, though she soon after returned to her love of cartooning. Fewer than two years out of college, at age 24, The New Yorker accepted her first submission, a small collection of homely and imaginary Little Things, and added her to their roster of approximately forty artists under contract. The publication has published her work continuously ever since. David Remnick, the editor of The New Yorker, has called her "the magazine's only certifiable genius." Chast has also provided cartoons and editorial illustrations for nearly 50 magazines and journals from Mother Jones to Town & Country.
She is the author of numerous books for children and adults. In addition to the titles mentioned previously, her books include a collaboration with humorist Steve Martin titled The Alphabet from A to Y with Bonus Letter Z!; No Fair! No Fair! And other Jolly Poems of Childhood with Calvin Trillin; and The African Svelte: Ingenious Misspellings that Make Surprise Sense with Daniel Menaker. In addition, Chast was guest editor for The Best American Comics 2016 and is currently working on Going Into Town: A Sort-of Guide to the City (NYC) .
Chast lectures widely and has received numerous prestigious awards including honorary degrees from Pratt Institute and the Art Institute of Boston. She lives in Connecticut with her family and several parrots.
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