The Sex Pistols stepped on to the London stage in 1975 fit to offend. The sneering, spitting brats sent the mainstream listening audience, the media, and even the London rock-hall owners screaming for safety from the band's raw, corruptive sound and brutal image. The Sex Pistols marked the rise of pu

Angry, Dystopic, Implosive, Primal, Punk, Violent

Two killers -- former friends split by the ordeals of life. One turns to a life of crime. The other, to law enforcement. Each transforms into a human weapon and they face off in slow motion. Welcome to the world of filmmaker John Woo, a master of hyper-stylized action flicks, who proffers "heroic blo

Cartoonish, Cool, Hong kong action, Kinetic, Slick, Sublime, Tense, Violent

"De Kooning is probably the most libidinal painter America has ever had." So says art critic Robert Hughes, and when we look at de Kooning's paintings, the way he immersed himself in the female form in his famous "Women" series from the 50s, and the way the body -- admittedly in pieces, but the sensu

Abstract expressionism, Biomorphic, Dense, Improvised, Kaleidoscopic, Kinetic, Manic, Violent, Whimsical

The works of German painter Anselm Kiefer explore the intersection of Germany's recent history and the artist's individual experiences. The myths and realities of Nazism meet personal iconography in works of roaring emotionality that blur the line between the symbolic and the real. His theory of the

Death, Dense, Epic, Layered, Mythic, Neo-expressionism, Political, Violent, Visceral