high-art

The design chief for Confederate Motorcycles—a boutique manufacturer of what might be called high-art drag bikes—includes among his inspirations Arjuna, the silver-bright and unconquerable charioteer in the Mahabharata; Sun Tzu's military strategy of "yielding and resisting"; the "intentionality" of Japanese architect Tadao Ando; and the exploded-view functionalism of Pompidou Center.

The Master of Machine-Age Motorcycles Dan Neil 2011

Quickly, if not overnight, Mr. Watts amassed a substantially mixed audience of music, comedy, theater, and high-art crowds before earning national acclaim through Mr. O'Brien and various short comedic videos online, the most popular of which has an unprintable title and more than two million hits on YouTube.

An Old-Fashioned Show in the Hair and Now Lizzie Simon 2011

Because Wilson's installations are in effect high-art Rorschach blots, these judgments tell us more, perhaps, about how touchy the topic of American slavery still is than about Liberty/Liberté.

Louise Mirrer: What "Liberty/Liberté" Tells Us About Slavery, Black History, and Raw Nerves Louise Mirrer 2012

Because Wilson's installations are in effect high-art Rorschach blots, these judgments tell us more, perhaps, about how touchy the topic of American slavery still is than about Liberty/Liberté.

Louise Mirrer: What "Liberty/Liberté" Tells Us About Slavery, Black History, and Raw Nerves Louise Mirrer 2012

Because Wilson's installations are in effect high-art Rorschach blots, these judgments tell us more, perhaps, about how touchy the topic of American slavery still is than about Liberty/Liberté.

Louise Mirrer: What "Liberty/Liberté" Tells Us About Slavery, Black History, and Raw Nerves Louise Mirrer 2012

Because Wilson's installations are in effect high-art Rorschach blots, these judgments tell us more, perhaps, about how touchy the topic of American slavery still is than about Liberty/Liberté.

Louise Mirrer: What "Liberty/Liberté" Tells Us About Slavery, Black History, and Raw Nerves Louise Mirrer 2012

Because Wilson's installations are in effect high-art Rorschach blots, these judgments tell us more, perhaps, about how touchy the topic of American slavery still is than about Liberty/Liberté.

Louise Mirrer: What "Liberty/Liberté" Tells Us About Slavery, Black History, and Raw Nerves Louise Mirrer 2012

When I make my work, my goal is to make things that can function from a "high-art" standpoint, but also be the types of things that everyday people can relate to in the context of their everyday lives...

Work of Art's Bayeté: I Couldn't Pull It Together At All 2011

Because Wilson's installations are in effect high-art Rorschach blots, these judgments tell us more, perhaps, about how touchy the topic of American slavery still is than about Liberty/Liberté.

Louise Mirrer: What "Liberty/Liberté" Tells Us About Slavery, Black History, and Raw Nerves Louise Mirrer 2012

Because Wilson's installations are in effect high-art Rorschach blots, these judgments tell us more, perhaps, about how touchy the topic of American slavery still is than about Liberty/Liberté.

Louise Mirrer: What "Liberty/Liberté" Tells Us About Slavery, Black History, and Raw Nerves Louise Mirrer 2012