fine art: Specific types of art which includes painting, sculpture, dance and theater.
Frida Kahlo: Mexican female painter who employed symbolism and surrealism in her work and was known for her revolutionary and communist opinions.
Gary Indiana: An American writer who was an art critic in New York during the 1980s.
Georgia O'Keefe: An American female painter known for her scenes of the Southwestern United States and flowers which could sometimes be viewed as abstract images.
graffiti: Images marked on property; a movement which came to be recognized as art in the late 1970s with the emergence of Jean Michel Basquiat and Keith Haring.
guerilla art: Also known as "street art," guerilla art is created and displayed quickly and without government permits; may include graffiti, video projections, stickers or the installation of objects.
H.R. Giger: A Swiss-born artist whose work is considered to be in the area of surrealism, but has also been described as biomechanical and fetishistic; best known for his design of the title character from the 1980 "Alien" movie.
high art: The most valued art in culture which includes sculpture from ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome, ancient Chinese and Indian art, and Renaissance art pieces.
impressionism: An art movement from the 1800s which used broad brush strokes to capture a distinct but brief moment in time.
Jasper Johns: An American printmaker whose works are considered to be pop art.
John Holmstrom: Co-founder of Punk Magazine and illustrator known for comic characters Bosko and Joe, and a Ramones album cover.
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