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Contemporary visual art and sculpture can be inspiring, emotional, transcendent ... and completely impenetrable. EGG understands. Check out these stories and then tell us what you think. viewing options

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Ned Kahn:
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Natural phenomena and cast-offs from junkyards provide Ned Kahn with sculptural material and inspiration. His monumental work explores the balance between order and chaos, science and art.
Featured in episode: Unnatural Science.



Jeff Koons:
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Visual artist Jeff Koons is in an unabashed happy phase. But is he a brazen charlatan or an artist on a mission to spread happiness and joy?
Featured in episode: How to be Happy.



Barbara Kruger:
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How do words and images acquire the power to sell and persuade? Artist Barbara Kruger's compelling, trademark style uses and manipulates the aggressive language of TV and magazines.
Featured in episode: Money, Greed, and Power.



Marfa, Texas:
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In 1979, Minimalist sculptor Donald Judd (1929-1994) left the confines of NYC for the open spaces and wide vistas of the desert. An abandoned army base outside of Marfa, Texas, today called the Chinati Foundation, proved to be the ideal venue for his work.
Featured in episode: The Desert.



Outsider Art Fair:
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What's the hottest market in America for outsider artists, artists with no formal training who create work on the fringes of the traditional art institutions? EGG spends a day at the Outsider Art Fair in New York City and gets an inside look at Outsider Art.
Featured in episode: Made in the USA.



Paint By Numbers:
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It seems that those Paint By Number kits are finally getting the respect they deserve. At flea markets and on the web, collectors are searching out paintings and paying top dollar for them, too.
Featured in episode: Paint By Numbers.



Philadelphia Museum of Art:
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Museums often rely on the generosity of donors to build their collections. For example, 90% of the works at the Philadelphia Museum of Art were donated. EGG meets Dr. Alvin O. Bellak, whose collection of Indian paintings is now a promised bequest to the museum.
Featured in episode: Collectors.



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