This article analyzes paintings by five contemporary artists who work with expression. Yue Minjun uses repetition to convey anxiety in Floating. Henry Taylor crops his composition to emphasize body language in See Alice Jump. Dana Schutz adds texture to show an uncomfortable sneeze in Sneeze 3. Kaye Donachie experiments with color to create a gloomy mood in Against the mass of night. Tomasz Kowalski exaggerates his subject’s features to compose a dreamlike scene in Fever.