16th century (renaissance) literature, 16th century (renaissance) poetry, 17th century literature, 17th century poetry, Absurd, Cartoonish, Deconstructive, Decorative, Eclectic, Funny, Kitsch, Mythic, Pop, Religious

Critic, poet, and professor Bruce Hainley has written poignantly about Los Angeles art, and art around the world. His essays on William E. Jones, Tom Friedman and Trisha Donnelly probe visual culture with gaping honesty. Hainley, who has been a contributing editor at ArtForum and an instructor in

Pop, Sensual

A graduate of the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Adrienne Rhinehart began her career as an animation artist specializing in animation assisting, cleanup, and inbetweening on traditionally hand-drawn projects. She cut her teeth in the industry working on several well-known television series i

Cartoonish, Death, Fantastic, Grotesque, Kitsch, Playful, Pop, Quirky

It should seem patently absurd that Donald Barthelme is currently undergoing a period of rediscovery. It was only in 1963 that his first prose piece was published, and by the mid-60s he had established himself as a writer – particularly of short stories – of tremendous potential, having generat

Abstract, Absurd, Collage, Experimental, Fleeting, Pioneering, Playful, Pop, Postmodern fiction