Chen Yifei, recognized as one of the most famous oil painters in China and whose works were among the earliest of their type to be exhibited and sold in Western countries, was born in 1946 in Ningbo, Zhejiang. In 1965, he graduated from the Shanghai Art Training School and began focusing on oil pa

Atmospheric, Figurative painting, Sensual, Without name (landscapes, still-lifes)

Born in London in 1963, Oakenfold began mixing at the age of 16. In 1984, Oakenfold spent several months in New York City, where he fell in love with the dance club music (see 1984 in music). At that time, more than any other, New York was bursting with musical invention: hip-hop was the freshest

Atmospheric, Enigmatic, Lyrical, Techno/house/big beat, Trance

Godfrey Reggio (born March 29, 1940) is an American director of experimental documentary films. Born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana, he is most known for his Qatsi trilogy, which includes the films Koyaanisqatsi, Powaqqatsi, and Naqoyqatsi. In 1995 he has directed the short feature entitled Evi

Abstraction, Atmospheric, Avant-garde film, Experimental, Pioneering, Political

Les Chants de Maldoror is based around a character called Maldoror, a figure of unrelenting evil who has forsaken God and mankind. The book combines an obscene and violent narrative with vivid and often surrealistic imagery. In 1917, French writer Philippe Soupault discovered a copy of "Les Chan

Atmospheric, Baroque, Excessive, Grotesque, Hallucinatory, Perverse, Rebel, Surrealist poetry, Violent, Visceral