Title: Welcome to Painterland
Description: "The Rat Bastard Protective Association was an inflammatory, close-knit community of artists who lived and worked in a building they dubbed Painterland in the Fillmore neighborhood of mid-century San Francisco. The artists who counted themselves among the Rat Bastards--these included Joan Brown, Bruce Conner, Jay DeFeo, Wally Hedrick, Michael McClure, and Manuel Neri--exhibited a unique fusion of radicalism, provocation, and community. Geographically isolated from a viable art market and refusing to conform to institutional expectations, their work animated broader social and artistic discussions and over time became a transformative part of American culture."--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Assemblage (Art), American Arts, Criticism and interpretation, Rat Bastard Protective Association, Artists, Artists, united states, Art, american, History
Places: San Francisco, New York (State), California, New York
People: Bruce Conner (1933-2008)
Time periods: 20th century