Olafur Eliasson has said that he is interested in provoking a sensation of "seeing yourself seeing." In this installation, our sense of perception is put to the test by a constantly changing field of geometric forms that fade in and out within a subtly defined oval shape with a small reflective steel element at

Wednesday Afternoon is an investigation of quiet afternoons spent wandering through museums "looking at people and things." Filmed at the Victoria and Albert and the British Museum in London, still shots of galleries and close-ups of the faces in paintings and sculptures

The subtle pathos, fluid brushwork, and fleshy tones that vary between extreme saturation and a special softness give this painting its startling character. The source was a poignant and recognizable image of movie star Ingrid Bergman made for the 1943 film For Whom the Bell Tolls.

The title of this sculpture refers to the Minotaur, a fearsome character in Greek mythology that is half human, half bull. Marcel Dzama pieces together various sculpted and found elements into a figure that vaguely suggests that ancient creature, but nonetheless speaks distinctly of the present.

Sinister undertones haunt the cartoonlike exuberance of Marcel Dzama's drawing. His numerous rough-hewn figures collide, float, and playfully form geometric shapes against a background that offers no sense of depth or limit, making it difficult to ascertain their specific context.

Mona Hatoum's works are political and personal in a non-specific manner, making references to displacement, occupation, war, detention, borders, memory, domesticity, and the body in contradictory and unsettling ways.

"I am deeply terrified by the obsessions crawling over my body, whether they come from within me or outside. I fluctuate between feelings of reality and unreality." -- Yayoi Kusama

This 1981 portrait powerfully captures the alienation and defiance that characterized the life and art of David Wojnarowicz.

Cosima von Bonin rarely acts alone, enlisting various participants in her social circle and beyond to complete aspects of her work. The final product is a kind of collaboration, and the artist is the overseer.

Resplendently perfect, The New Beetle demonstrates the artist's painstaking process - it takes him years to complete a work.