This fascinating book explores the interwoven lives, radical art, and shared experimental spirit of Marcel Duchamp and four of America\"s most important postwar artists: composer John Cage, choreographer Merce Cunningham, and visual artists Jasper Johns and Robert Rauschenberg....

Perhaps the best-known Chinese artist of his generation, Cai Guo-Qiang is famed for his ambitious explosion projects and large, theatrical sculptures and installations....