Sir John Vanbrugh approached everything he did with audacity. The fact that he shifted in midlife from literature to architecture is proof enough of this boldness. But the plays were in themselves daring and controversial, while the architecture challenged the norms of the day. Clearly, it was not
For more than 20 years, Gianni Versace's sexy, outrageous, theatrical Couture has captured the hearts -- and the purse strings -- of fashion-followers around the globe. Versace used fashion to reshape public opinion about exhibitionism, sensuality, and taste. His style was influenced in equal parts b
Vito Acconci, performance and video artist, has created seminal works of art in the truest sense of the word. Particularly considering his most notorious performance, "Seedbed" (1971), which involved Acconci masturbating on the Sonnabend Gallery floor. For "Seedbed" Acconci performed beneath a sloped