1. Katina Paitaris ARE4453 Contemporary Artists

2. Cai Juo-Qaing  born in 1957 in Quanzhou City, Fujian Province, China, and lives and works in New York.  studied stage design at the Shanghai Drama Institute and attended the Institute for Contemporary Art  Since September 11th he has reflected upon his use of explosives both as metaphor and material. “Why is it important,” he asks, “to make these violent explosions beautiful? Because the artist, like an alchemist, has the ability to transform certain energies, using poison against poison, using dirt and getting gold.”

3. "Inopportune: Stage One" 2004 Cars, sequenced mulit-channel light tubes, dimensions variable Installation view: MASS MoCA, North Adams, Massachusetts

4. "Inopportune: Stage Two" 2004 Tigers: paper mache, plaster, fiberglass, resin, painted hide; arrows: brass, bamboo, feathers; stage prop: styrofoam, wood, canvas, acrylic paint; dmensions variable Installation view: MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA

6. "Reflection" 2004 Excavated boat, porcelains, 18 x 50 x 16 feet. Installation view: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C.

7. Do Ho Suh  born in Seoul, Korea in 1962  earned his BFA and MFA in Oriental Painting from Seoul National University. Moved to US to continue his studies at the Rhode Island School of Design and Yale University  Known for sculptures and installations that defy conventional notions of scale and site-specificity, Do-Ho Suh’s work draws attention to the ways viewers occupy and inhabit public space. Exploring the fine line between strength in numbers and homogeneity, Suh’s works question the identity of the individual in today’s increasingly transnational, global society.

8. "Some/One" 2001 Installation view at Korean Pavilion, Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy Stainless steel military dog tags, nickel-plated copper sheets, steel structure, glass fiber reinforced resin, rubber sheets Figure: 81 x 126 inches diameter,

10. "Public Figures" 1998-1999 Installation view at Metrotech Center Commons, Brooklyn, New York Fiberglass/resin, steel pipes, pipe fittings, 10 x 7 x 9 feet

11. "Doormat: Welcome (Amber)" 1998 Polyurethane rubber, 1 1/4 x 28 x 19 inches

13. Barbara Kruger  born in Newark, New Jersey, in 1945  attended Syracuse University, the School of Visual Arts, and studied art and design with Diane Arbus at Parson’s School of Design in New York,  Barbara Kruger’s background in design is evident in work which layers found photographs from existing sources with pithy and aggressive text that implicate the viewer in struggles for power and control. With a trademark palette of red, black and white, Kruger’s work questions feminism, class, consumerism, and individual autonomy and desire.

14. "Untitled (Your body is a battleground)" 1990

15. "Untitled (I shop, therefore I am)" 1987 Photographic silkscreen on vinyl, 111 x 113 inches

16. "Untitled (When I hear the world culture, I take out my checkbook)" 1985 Gelatin silver print 138 x 60 inches

17. REFERANCES  WWW.PBS.ORG/ART21