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# Reconsidering Wile E. Coyote's Artistic Legacy
- URL: https://hyperallergic.com/reconsidering-wile-e-coyotes-artistic-legacy/
- Published: 2013-05-07T22:31:13.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-24T16:35:22.000Z
- Description: Sometimes life (and art) aren't fair, particularly in the case of classic Looney Tunes character Wile E. Coyote. So, let us consider his artistic brilliance and how his violence overshadows it.
- Author: Hrag Vartanian
- Tags: Opinion, Cartoons, LOL, #wp, #wp-post, #image-position-hidden, #Import 2025-11-24 06:59 (2012, 2013, part 2)

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Sometimes life (and art) aren’t fair, particularly in the case of classic Looney Tunes character Wile E. Coyote. So, let us consider his artistic brilliance and how his violence overshadows it.

Wait, would this body of work fall into hyperrealism, land art, installation? Mr. Coyote was clearly ahead of his time.

> It's sad how Wile E. Coyote is remembered for his violence, and not for his brilliantly realistic paintings of tunnels.  
>  
> — Matt Roller (@rolldiggity) [October 15, 2011](https://twitter.com/rolldiggity/status/125316567935352832?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=hyperallergic.com)

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*h/t Zach Alan*