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Season 1

  • S01E01 Julie Speed

    • June 24, 2004

    No virtue or vice escapes the irreverent eye of Julie Speed, the prodigiously talented, Austin-based para-realist. How does she balance humour and cynicism?

  • S01E02 Barton Benes

    • July 8, 2004

    Barton Benes makes `museums' which incorporate shadow boxes, bits and pieces that reveal the myths and ironies of life, including the world of celebrity.

  • S01E03 Kahn & Selesnick

    • July 22, 2004

    Once referred to as `art pranksters', these artists, photographers and conceptualists have created rich, fabled narratives in words and pictures.

  • S01E04 Sam Maloof

    • September 9, 2004

    He's viewed by many as the grand master of American craft furniture. Here, Maloof opens the doors to his legendary workshop in Rancho Cucamonga.

  • S01E05 Thomas Woodruff

    • September 23, 2004

    Join the realist artist as he prepares to unveil his `Freak Parade', a collection of paintings three years in the making that are collectively immense.

  • S01E06 Patricia Cronin

    • September 27, 2004

    Profile of the New England artist whose works have included a series of horse portraits, watercolours depicting lesbian sex and a sarcophagus lid Memorial to a Marriage.

  • S01E07 Debora Kass

    • September 28, 2004

    Following the Brooklyn based painter as she reveals her latest works, continuing on from her highly regarded `Warhol Series'.

  • S01E08 David Levinthal

    • September 28, 2004

    Following the American artist who photographs toys posed in everyday situations as he works on his baseball series.

  • S01E09 Sister Gertrude

    • September 29, 2004

    Profile of the folk artist and street preacher whose paintings meshed drawings with rambling text. Her sure hand produced thousands of biblically-inspired images.

  • S01E10 Tim Noble & Sue Webster

    • October 1, 2004

    Their work is often a commentary on consumer society, brimming with irony and genuine concern. Follow the duo as they work on a new installation.

  • S01E11 Drawn Conclusions

    • October 14, 2004

    The Presidential caricature from Thomas Nast to those who have carried on the tradition to the present day.

  • S01E12 Gregory Crewdson

    • October 21, 2004

    Follow the leading photographer as he stages his disquieting views of everyday life. Using actors and sets, Crewdson is said to make, rather than take photographs.

  • S01E13 Tom Otherness

    • November 4, 2004

    Public artist Tom Otterness is known for his major works of sculpture and his latest project "Tom Otterness on Broadway."

  • S01E14 Donald Sultan

    • November 11, 2004

    His subjects have ranged from buttons to bombings and is now focused on traditional still life images of fruit and flowers. Follow him through his involved artistic process.

  • S01E15 Phillip Pearlstein

    • December 9, 2004

    Painter Phillip Pearlstein's paintings in progress and stories of his distinguished career.