Includes bibliographical references (p. 393-424) and index. Groundwork -- Art of doubting -- Sculpture, painting, and the post-modern reversal of values -- Duchamp, Pyrrhonism, and the overthrow of the Kantian tradition -- Compass points -- Art of Marcel Broodthaers -- Modernism and its alter ego in the work of Dennis Oppenheim -- Art of Jannis Kounellis -- Mute prophecies -- Kounnellis's voyage -- Art of Lucas Samaras -- Spiritual traditions -- Art of Eric Orr -- Proposing a context for Wolfgang Laib's work -- Marina Abramovic's sculpture -- Art of Michael Tracy -- Antony Gormley's Field -- Anish Kapoor -- Work of Marinus Bãizem -- Louis Bourgeois -- Explicating exfoliation in the work of Mel Chin -- Sculpture of James Lee Byars -- Secular topographies -- Meret Oppenheim's work -- Location and space in the Kienholz world -- Jana Sterbak -- Tony Cragg: landscape artist -- Francesc Torres -- Elaine Reichek -- Leonardo Drew -- Sculpture of Gerhard Merz -- Work of Dove Bradshaw -- Sculpture of James Croak.