Contents

A Ladies’ Man: Introduction

Alexis Smith My Pal Alex

Joan Mitchell Epigrammat

Lynda Benglis Fire on the Water

Vija Celmins The Path Itself

Pia Fries The Remains of Today

Fiona Banner The Beauty of Our Weapons

Sarah Charlesworth Embracing the Beast

Mary Heilmann Surfing on Acid

Jennifer Steinkamp Breathing in the World

Michelle Fierro Beauty Marks

Bridget Riley Not Knowing

Bridget Riley II For Americans

Elizabeth Murray Dancing in the Dark

Karen Carson Sophisticate

Ann Hamilton Thinking Things Through

Vanessa Beecroft Painted Ladies

Roni Horn She Resembles Herself

Fiona Rae Good after the Good Is Gone

Barbara Bloom Barbara Blooms

Sharon Ellis Modest Ecstasy

Hung Liu The Polity of Immigrants

Teresita Fernández Tropical Scholarship

Nancy Rubins The Rapture and the Tsunami

Elizabeth Peyton At the Prince’s Chateau