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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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In 1956, 19-year old Ed Ruscha left his hometown of Oklahoma City and set out for Los Angeles in his black 1950 Ford along that mythic stretch of highway, Route 66. Since then, images glimpsed from his car have defined much of Ruscha's career. His paintings, photographs and films pay homage to the highway, road-tripping, and the restlessness of the American spirit.
Featured in episode: The Road.
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| Alison Saar: |
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Some artists prefer paint and a brush. Alison Saar would rather use her chainsaw.
Featured in episode: What is the Ideal Woman?.
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| Richard Serra: |
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Richard Serra's art is huge. Huge in size, weight, and ambition.
Featured in episode: Machismo.
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| Vollis Simpson: |
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On a former mule pasture in Lucama, NC, dozens of colorful, windmill-like sculptures clang and whirl in the breeze. Vollis Simpson's "whirligigs" are made from whatever material he finds, from road signs to plane parts, and stand up to 50 feet tall.
Featured in episode: Made in the USA.
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| Visionary Art: |
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The heavens have forever dazzled and inspired. EGG meets three artists who bring the infinite, the inexplicable, and the inhuman into a very personal focus.
Featured in episode: Space.
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