Leigh Bowery was a performance artist, club promoter, fashion designer and instrumental figure in the London/New York club scene of the 80s and 90s. His spirit lives on in provocateurs like Alexander McQueen, John Galliano, James St. James, and Lady Gaga.

Bowery created costumes and perfor

Baroque, Distorted, Dramatic, Excessive, Glamour, Perverse, Queer, Rebel

If you walk into a room and find everything you held dear in childhood degraded, chances are it's a Paul McCarthy installation. McCarthy is known for shocking, sexually charged pieces that feature benign cartoon and pop-culture characters -- Olive Oyl and Santa Claus, among others -- in a bacchanalia

Angry, Biomorphic, Erotic, Modern sculpture, Perverse, Phallic, Primal, Visceral