Aboriginal artists refer to stolen land, stolen children, stolen history.
Prodigy includes lyrics by other artists referring to the duo unflatteringly on his book jacket.
More than a dozen respected Indian writers and artists refer to Modi's controversial past.
"Flamenco artists refer to duende," says David Spelman, the executive director of the New York Guitar Festival, pointing to a quality of passion in the playing.
In another song, "The Bizness," De La Soul attacks materialistic, image-obsessed hip-hop artists (referred to as "Shiny suit rappers and frosted MC's").
Most of the time, however, when artists refer to their vision, they are speaking of an internal sight, a quick snapshot that disappears as quickly as it occurs.
He pointed out that many of the artists referred to in the show had influenced one another – "Monet is always referencing Rubens … Manet is referencing Raphael … everybody enjoyed Titian".
Of booking Annie Clark, who performs as St . Vincent Bryce said, "I called her, I bought her dinner and I was like, 'You are going to do this.' " Well-known artists referred others; the brothers hoped to give young acts the kind of boost they had received.
"We became fascinated by deep geometric impressions in the skin of one body," explain the artists, referring to what they witnessed at the University of Glasgow's anatomy department.
A physical manifestation of one of the worst kinds of toxic masculinity, pick up artists refer to their craft as "seduction".
