When Jane was a little girl, she vowed to remain a virgin until her wedding day. A mix-up during a routine medical exam gives birth to a series of miraculous mishaps. Now Jane is pregnant; the baby's father is her former crush and current boss, Rafael; and Jane's own father, whom she's never met, is the leading man in her favorite telenovela. It's as though her life is a soap opera and Jane is the star.

Working between the 1960s and early 1990s, the artists profiled in this compendium represent a broad cross section of L.A.'s art scene. With nearly 400 illustrations and ten essays, this volume presents histories of artistic experimentation and reveals networks of collaboration and exchange that resulted in some of the most intriguing art of late 20th-century America. From "mail art" to the rise of Chicano, gay, and feminist print media; the formation...