Critic Lucy Lippard casts her critical eye upon the arts as they happen, and has been known to spot trends before they happen. She was among the first critics to notice in the late '60s that Conceptual artists were evolving towards completely de-materializing the art-object. In the 1970s, when she wa

Agitated, Dense, Feminist, Layered

As Muriel Cooper saw things, the ruling metaphor for the computer age should be the "information landscape," not the "information highway." Rather than cutting a linear path through a forest of data, computers give us the ability to fly through three-dimensional landscapes with constellations of in

Kinetic, Layered, Perceptual, Technology, User interface

Roland Barthes gleefully eluded any attempt to reduce or classify his thought. He was instrumental in spreading word of Structuralism and Semiotics both within and beyond the academy. His "Mythologies" -- a series of pithy readings covering everything from wrestling to soap ads -- remains a canonical

Eclectic, Homoerotic, Layered, Semiotics, Structuralism

Public Enemy has been labeled the "most important and politically controversial group of its time." DJ virtuoso Terminator X brings the beat for the commanding lyrics of Chuck D and Flavor Flav. Public Enemy formed at Adelphi University on Long Island in 1982 -- Carleton Ridenhour worked at the stude

Collage, Excessive, Layered, Political, Sincere