A ladies' man : introduction -- Alexis Smith : my pal Alex -- Joan Mitchell : epigrammata -- 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.