Welcome to Painterland

"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.