Deck 32: Contemporary Art Worldwide

Question 1

How does Faith Ringgold use her particular artistic medium to address issues of gender and racism?

A) By creating clear and lucid oil paintings, a traditional art form
B) By using fabrics, traditionally associated with women and incisive narrative
C) By using exotic subject matter to draw the viewer into her photo-collages
D) By using wood, traditionally associated with men and incisive narrative

Answer 1

B

Question 2

The breaking down of national stylistic boundaries is most evident in which contemporary art form?

A) Sculpture
B) Painting
C) Architecture
D) Textiles

Answer 2

C

Question 3

How does the architecture of Günter Behnisch express Deconstructivist theories?

A) Its components are arranged to form a square.
B) It employs varied and nontraditional materials.
C) It denies the possibility of spatial enclosure.
D) It includes one door that is obviously nonfunctional.

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Which of the following is an example of Deconstructivist architecture?

A) Grand Louvre Pyramide, Paris
B) Neue Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart
C) Guggenheim Museum, New York
D) Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao

Question 5

The incinerated appearance of Anselm Kiefer's Nigredo is meant to allude to what?

A) The Chicago fire
B) Segregation
C) Sexual deviance
D) The Holocaust

Question 6

Who is the gay artist whose exhibit The Perfect Moment was canceled for its openly gay character?

A) Willie Bester
B) Cliff Whiting
C) David Wojnarowicz
D) Robert Mapplethorpe

Question 7

Which figure did Chris Ofili depict in a manner that departed radically from conventional representations?

A) Marilyn Monroe
B) The Virgin Mary
C) Pope Paul II
D) Nelson Mandela

Question 8

Which of the following best describes Barbara Kruger's photo-collages?

A) They reflect the "preciousness" of a good small photo-collage.
B) They challenge media markets to pursue good design practices.
C) Her indiscriminate use of words and photos reflects bad design.
D) They are meant to challenge cultural attitudes around gender.

Question 9

The work of which contemporary sculptor deals with the issue of who "controls the body"?

A) Judy Chicago
B) Jeff Koons
C) Kiki Smith
D) Faith Ringgold

Question 10

In Willie Bester's mixed media Homage to Steve Biko , the numbers serve as a reference to what?

A) The trial that declared an innocent man guilty
B) The various stages in the life of the artist
C) The aesthetic theories around Cubism
D) The dehumanized life of blacks under apartheid

Question 11

What everyday items did Rachel Whiteread choose to depict in long rows on the Viennese Holocaust Memorial?

A) Candles
B) Shoes
C) Books
D) Flowers

Question 12

By placing herself as a spectator of the Last Supper in her Self-Portrait Looking at the Last Supper , Marisol Escobar emphasized herself in what role?

A) Believer in the central tenet of Christianity
B) Viewer of the works of earlier artists
C) Instructor at an art school
D) Critic of all prior artistic movements

Question 13

Jenny Holzer's 1989 installation at the Guggenheim Museum consisted of what element(s)?

A) A television mounted in a corner
B) A large continuous LED display following the interior ramp
C) Hundreds of photos suspended from the ceiling
D) A combination of found objects and gestural painting

Question 14

What do many of Basquiat's paintings celebrate?

A) South American revolutionaries
B) African American heroes
C) South African culture
D) Homosexuality

Question 15

In her photographs protesting the repression of women in postrevolutionary Iran, Shirin Neshat includes rifles as well as text in what form?

A) Neon signs
B) Commercial fonts
C) Farsi poetry
D) English and Arabic

Question 16

Which of the following is Barbara Kruger's principal aim in taking on the slick design of contemporary advertising in her work?

A) To expose bad design practices, including font use
B) To expose the deceptiveness of media messages
C) To incorporate design practices that would sell her art
D) To validate design decisions related to myths about women

Question 17

The Polish artist Krzysztof Wodiczko developed large-scale artworks that included what element?

A) Found metal objects
B) The projection of slide images
C) Paper and fabric
D) Waste products

Question 18

The abstract sculpture of which contemporary Japanese artist reflect ancient Shino beliefs?

A) Yayoi Kusama
B) Kimio Tsuchiya
C) Helen Oji
D) Doris Salcedo

Question 19

Which architect was greatly influenced by Kazimir Malevich and his Suprematist theories?

A) Andy Goldsworthy
B) Zaha Hadid
C) Keith Haring
D) Norman Foster

Question 20

Which abstract artist chose to depart from the standard rectangular format for paintings?

A) Julian Schnabel
B) Elizabeth Murray
C) Anselm Kiefer
D) Wu Guanzhong

Question 21

The earthworks of Christo and Jeanne-Claude did not alter the land but rather did what?

A) Created permanent pictures of it
B) Generated molds of the surface
C) Created large spheres above it
D) Modified it with cloth

Question 22

Which of the following stands as an example of High-Tech architecture?

A) Guggenheim Bilbao Museo
B) Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank
C) Grand Louvre Pyramide
D) Denver Art Museum

Question 23

The design of Renzo Piano's Tjibaou Cultural Centre in New Caledonia belongs to which architectural style?

A) Deconstructivism
B) Green architecture
C) High-Tech architecture
D) Suprematism

Question 24

Which African American artist appears in all of the photographs in her Kitchen Table series?

A) Lorna Simpson
B) Barbara Kruger
C) Shirin Neshat
D) Carrie Mae Weems

Question 25

What is the primary material used by Faith Ringgold in her art?

A) Ink
B) Glass
C) Fabric
D) Wood

Question 26

Which monument by Maya Lin can be simultaneously called a work of Minimalist sculpture and a site-specific installation?

A) Viennese Holocaust Memorial
B) Vietnam Veterans Memorial
C) Cloud Gate
D) Bridging Home

Question 27

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Which artist created this exploration of the contemporary situation of Native Americans in the United States?

A) Chris Ofili
B) Elizabeth Murray
C) Bill Reid
D) Jaune Quick-to-See-Smith

Question 28

David Wojnarowicz's artworks combining photographs and text address what contemporary issue?

A) Pollution
B) Nuclear war
C) AIDS
D) Immigration

Question 29

The work of Julian Schnabel, whose pieces revisit Abstract Expressionism but in a wider variety of materials and media, is part of which artistic movement?

A) Post-Expressionism
B) High-techism
C) Texturalism
D) Neo-Expressionism

Question 30

Which artist reworks historically important portraits by setting an African American individual in a reproduced pose but against a wallpaper-like background?

A) Jean-Michel Basquiat
B) Kerri James Marshall
C) Kehinde Wiley
D) Chris Ofili

Question 31

Which ancient art form has Shahzia Sikander worked to imbue with contemporary messages?

A) Glass mosaic
B) Marble inlay
C) Miniature painting
D) Hammered copped

Question 32

What name did Richard Serra give to his project installed in the plaza of the Jacob K. Javits Federal Building in New York?

A) The Bean
B) lt;em> Cloud Gate
C) Shibboleth
D) Tilted Arc

Question 33

Kalabari masquerades and festivals provide the subjects for the sculptural works of which artist?

A) Chris Ofili
B) Leon Golub
C) Willie Bester
D) Sokari Douglas Camp

Question 34

What stylistic term applies to a building that consists of asymmetrical mass and imbalanced forms in a random-seeming design that prompts a reaction of disquiet from viewers?

A) Postmodernist
B) High-tech
C) Deconstructivist
D) Futurist

Question 35

What is the medium of Edward Burtynsky's Densified Scrap Metal #3A, Toronto, Ontario ?

A) Gelatin silver print
B) Photograph
C) Woodcut
D) Dye coupler print

Question 36

Bloodline: Big Family No. 2 references the Chinese governmental policy of restricting married couples in regard to what?

A) Living with extended family
B) Having only one child
C) Divorcing or separating
D) Commuting to their workplaces

Question 37

Which work by David Hammons is interpreted as a revelation of the racism embedded in the cultural heritage of America?

A) A Book from the Sky
B) Public Enemy
C) Mansheshe
D) Shibboleth

Question 38

What served as the setting in each of the paintings in Leon Golub's series Mercenaries ?

A) Wallpaper-like repetitive pattern
B) Featureless red background
C) Photomontages of war
D) Encrusted straw and ashes

Question 39

The outdoor display of large-scale slide images to highlight the plight of the homeless in the United States is the trademark of which artist?

A) Edward Burtynsky
B) Martha Rosler
C) Krzysztof Wodiczko
D) Trigo Piula

Question 40

The work of which artist reflects the legacy of Marcel Duchamp and Andy Warhol?

A) Martha Rosler
B) Kerry James Marshall
C) Kehinde Wiley
D) Jeff Koons

Question 41

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Do-Ho Suh installed this site specific piece, Bridging Home , in which city?

A) New Haven
B) London
C) Seoul
D) New York City

Question 42

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What material did El Anatsui use to create his Bleeding Takari II ?

A) Mosaic glass and plastic webbing
B) Mother-of-pearl and carnelian
C) Linen and cotton
D) Bottle caps and aluminum cans

Question 43

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Damien Hirst's postmodern series of sculptures, including Hydra and Kali (shown here), for the Venice Biennale, gathered a group of objects from the history of art under the pretext that they came from where?

A) The Library of Alexandria
B) A museum in Iraq
C) The home of a wealthy collector
D) A shipwreck

Question 44

Trigo Piula's Ta Tele is a commentary on the influence of Western culture on which African nation?

A) Burkina Faso
B) Mali
C) Democratic Republic of Congo
D) São Tomé and Príncipe

Question 45

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Anish Kapoor's Cloud Gate is most similar to Richard Serra's Tilted Arc in what respect?

A) Its arch form that allows people to walk under it
B) Its location in a plaza in a busy city
C) Its reflective, mirrorlike surface
D) The public's reaction to the work

Question 46

Norman Foster's cucumber-shaped skyscraper at 30 St Mary Axe is located in which city?

A) Dublin
B) New York
C) London
D) Sydney

Question 47

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What Columbian artist created this and other paintings detailing the treatment of Iraqi prisoners at the prison at Abu Ghraib?

A) Trigo Piula
B) Julian Schnabel
C) Fernando Botero
D) Anselm Kiefer

Question 48

Helen Oji's painting Mount St. Helens is an abstract landscape showing the eruption of Mount St. Helen's volcano taking the shape of which object?

A) Airplane
B) Kimono
C) Spiral
D) Globe

Question 49

Which architect designed La Grande Louvre Pyramide in Paris?

A) Frank Gehry
B) Maya Lin
C) Zaha Hadid
D) I. M. Pei

Question 50

Wu Guanzhong's Wild Vines with Flowers Like Pearls combines Western Abstract Expressionism with what traditional form?

A) Korean scroll painting
B) Japanese woodcuts
C) Chinese literati painting
D) Chinese wall paintings