Abstract, Complex, Contemplative, Experimental, Flux, Geometric, Hyperrealism, Institutional critique, Media art, Open-ended, Philosophy, Social protest, Viennese aktionism

Lite Loins

Abstract, American regional painting, Dark, Deconstructive, Dystopic, Egalitarian, Figurative, Political pop, Pop/surrealism/anti-design, Repetition, Social protest, Social revolution

Playwright, professor, and Performance artist Anna Deveare Smith grounds her avant-garde theater in the infinitely strange world of reality. "I look for the poem that the person is," Smith says of the real-people inspirations for her dramatic characters. Instead of creating intricate backgrounds for

Collage, Huge, Layered, Open-ended, Political, Polychromatic, Sincere, Social protest, Solo performance

Dramatist Lorraine Hansberry broke social conventions by depicting black experiences of white prejudice. She also broke Broadway records by being both the youngest person and the first African American to win the Best Play award from the New York Drama Critics' Circle. Before that moment, black playw

African american fiction, African american theater, Political, Queer literature, Social protest, Tense