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John Waters

"To me, bad taste is what entertainment is all about," flamboyant filmmaker John Waters has said. "If
Tags: Gritty, Grotesque, In-your-face, Ironic
Nicholas Ray

Tags: Anxiety, Bright, Conceptual, Dreamy, Huge, Intense, Lush, Melancholy, Paranoid, Perceptual, Sensual, Tragic, Visceral
Sandy Skoglund

Sandy Skoglund (born 11 September 1946) is an American photographer and installation artist. Skogl
Tags: Conceptual, Fantastic, Ironic, Playful, Quirky, Saturated, Surreal
aaron harris

writer, director, musician, artist.
Tags: Catastrophe, Complex, Dark, Deconstructive, Experimental, Political, Primal, Profane
Henry Winkler

Henry Franklin Winkler was born on October 30, 1945 in Manhattan, New York. His parents, Harry Irving
Tags: Bright, Funny, Layered, Playful

Harun Farocki

1944 born in Nový Jicin (Neutitschein), in the then German-annexed Czechoslovakia. 1966-1968 studied
Tags: Architectural, Conceptual, Political, Psychological
ManWoman

Pop Shaman, ManWoman is Canada's spiritual gift to the Pop Art Movement. Defender of the sacred symbo
Tags: Feminine, Phallic, Physical force, Pioneering, Playful, Pop art, Religious, Spiritual, Tattoo art, Witty
Woody Allen

The nebbish persona of Woody Allen's early 1960s stand-up shtick proved to be the springboard that to
Tags: Anxiety, Contemplative, Moody, Neurotic, Parody, Perverse, Urban
Miranda July

Miranda July is a filmmaker, performing artist and writer. She grew up in Berkeley, California where
Tags: Eclectic, Melancholy, Quirky
Oskar Fischinger

Oskar Fischinger (1900-1967) embodied the modernist ideal of the maladaptive artist so well that a ba
Tags: Abstract painting, Abstraction, Avant-garde film, Geometric, Polychromatic

Manny Farber

Manny Farber, though still much-revered as a film critic, eschewed film in favor of painting. Farber
Tags: Agitated, Dense, In-your-face, Quirky, Smart
Sandra Bernhard

Sandra Bernhard dares us to behold her in all her glory: she is a defiant, self-made beauty queen, a
Tags: Agitated, Eclectic, Elegant, Grand, Sardonic, Sexy, Solo performance, Witty
Robert Nelson

Born 1930 in San Francisco in a family of Swedish immigrants, Robert Nelson studied painting at San F
Tags: Experimental, Funny, Layered, Open-ended, Pioneering, Representational, Sensual, Smart, Witty
Sam Peckinpah

Fade in: a scorpion writhing in the dust. Its jagged red tail repeatedly plunges into its own body in
Tags: Pathos, Physical force, Pioneering, Power, Violent, Witty
No Ease

No Ease is a solyquoquy, a proposal, and as a spectator, you have to choose elements from this mu
Tags: Alternative rock, Beautiful , Contact improvisation, Contemplative, Dissonant, Experimental, Field recordings, Improvised, Musique concrete, Noise rock/art rock, Organic, Perceptual, Psychedelic, Visceral

Steina Vasulka

Steina Vasulka is a violinist and video artist. Originally from Iceland, she moved to the United Stat
Tags: Abstract, Distorted, Electronic, Experimental, Lush, Organic, Pioneering, Surface
En Masse

EnMasse is a Montreal art collective involved in creating large permanent and non permanent spontane
Tags: Anime & manga, Architectural, Cartoonish, Clean, Formless, Funny, Graffitists and cartoonists, Grand, Monumental, Representational
Jean Cocteau

His artistic avocations were many -- poet, novelist, painter, playwright, set designer, actor -- but
Tags: Existentialist literature, Horror, Surreal, Surrealist film, Surrealist literature, Surrealist photography, Trippy
Scarlett Johansson

Scarlett Johansson is an actress and singer, of dual American and Danish citizenship. Johansson rose
Tags: Erotic, Hypnotic, Sensual, Sexy
Stanley Kubrick

Stanley Kubrick was born in New York, and was considered intelligent despite poor grades at school. H
Tags: Architectural, Catastrophe, Expansive, Monumental, Sprawling