Walter de Maria's 'Large Red Sphere' (2011)

 

'An all-seeing eye'

Leon Golub's 'Postmodernist Bimbo' (2002)

 

Contrarian, combative stance

Gustav Klimt's 'Der Kuss' (1908)

 

'...it's about sex'

David Wojnarowicz's 'Untitled (One Day This Kid...)' (1990)

A sad truth

Henri Matisse's 'Window at Collioure' (1914)

 

Complexity of simplicity

Glenn Ligon's 'Palindrome #1' (2007)

 

(Still) examining race

Duane Hanson's 'Tourists II' (1988)

 

Hyperrealistic  trompe l'oeil

Caravaggio's 'Madonna with the Serpent' (1606)

Creating coextensive space