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Joan Snyder, <em>Roxy Red Fugue</em>
Joan Snyder, Roxy Red Fugue

Despite the application of rosebuds and glitter, this painting is anything but delicate.

Mark Bradford, <em>Thelxiepeia</em>
Mark Bradford, Thelxiepeia

Bradford's painting draws from ancient Greek myth to celebrate a space beloved to him: his mother's beauty parlor.

Richard Serra, <em>Artaud</em>
Richard Serra, Artaud

Serra builds a textured surface with layers of oil stick, blurring the distinction between drawing and sculpture.

Rashid Johnson, <em>Good Love</em>
Rashid Johnson, Good Love

Burn marks, scars, and scratches cover the surface of Johnson's work.

Toshiko Takaezu, <em>Crater Moon</em>
Toshiko Takaezu, Crater Moon

Takaezu's ceramics reflect her belief that art should have "mystery, an unsaid quality; it contains a spirit and is alive."

Robert Irwin, <em>Beacon Project</em>
Robert Irwin, Beacon Project

Irwin's installation-like interventions transformed a former Nabisco factory into a contemporary art space.

Mickalene Thomas, <em>Guernica (Resist #3)</em>
Mickalene Thomas, Guernica (Resist #3)

Thomas's assemblage of photographs, paint, and glittering sequins lends sacredness to the struggles of the civil rights movements.

Motoi Yamamoto, <em>Floating Garden</em>
Motoi Yamamoto, Floating Garden

Seen from above, the enormous spiral recalls many natural forms. Seen up close, the material used to make the pattern becomes visible: salt.

Rashid Johnson, <em>Stacked Heads</em>
Rashid Johnson, Stacked Heads

From Johnson's hollow, scarred bronze sculpture, nature is bursting forth.

Jeffrey Gibson, <em>I’m Not Perfect</em>
Jeffrey Gibson, I’m Not Perfect

This is one of a series of about fifty altered punching-bags produced by Jeffrey Gibson.

Rina Banerjee, commerce out of the Earth
Rina Banerjee, commerce out of the Earth

Using found objects, Rina Banerjee illuminates the obscured histories of Black and South Asian populations in New Orleans.

Marilyn Spoon, <em>Bandolier Bag</em>
Marilyn Spoon, Bandolier Bag

This bandolier bag is the first of its kind from the Sac and Fox tribe in more than 20 years

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