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Season 2 Episode 4 | 53m 40s

Artists use irony, goofiness, satire, and sarcasm in their work, being funny and critical at the same time. Featuring artists Eleanor Antin, Raymond Pettibon, Elizabeth Murray, and Walton Ford, with an introduction by Charles Atlas and Margaret Cho.

Aired: 09/29/03
Extras
Artists look to friends, family and strangers to find emotional connection and community.
Artist Miranda July performs at a gas station in Los Angeles, California.
A muralist paints Christine Sun Kim’s work “Time Owes Me Rest Again” at the Queens Museum.
Artists look to friends, family and strangers to find emotional connection and community.
Artist Linda Goode Bryant shares the origin story of the art gallery, Just Above Midtown.
Artist Cannupa Hanska Luger talks about his series, “Future Ancestral Technologies.”
Artist Tauba Auerbach working in their New York City studio.
Contemporary artists use history, science and politics as the raw material for potent art.
Contemporary artists use history, science and politics as the raw material for potent art.
Artist Hank Willis Thomas at the unveiling of his sculpture, “The Embrace” in Boston, MA.
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