Deck 30: Pop Art, Op Art, Minimalism, and Conceptualism

Question 1

Which artist pursued the question of what separates everyday objects from art in works such as Three Flags (1958)?

A) Hamilton
B) Wesselmann
C) Johns
D) Marisol

Answer 1

Johns

Question 2

Minimalist sculpture conveys the message that a work of art

A) consists solely of the artistic process that created it.
B) cannot exist without a narrative.
C) consists of nature stripped to its essence.
D) is a pure object.

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Who published the "manifesto" Paragraphs on Conceptual Art in 1967?

A) Hesse
B) Segal
C) Escobar
D) LeWitt

Answer 3

LeWitt

Question 4

The work Art as Idea as Idea consists of

A) definitions of the word "painting."
B) an entirely blank canvas.
C) a mirrored surface that reflects the viewer.
D) the artist encompassed inside a felt bag and placed on exhibit.

Question 5

Who created the conceptual piece Art as Idea as Idea (1966)?

A) Beuys
B) LeWitt
C) Kosuth
D) Segal

Question 6

Which element did Hesse add to Minimalism to create what some have called Post-Minimalism?

A) figurative imagery
B) three-dimensionality
C) autobiographic content
D) geometric abstraction

Question 7

The Nanas of Niki de Saint-Phalle share what characteristic with the Venus of Willendorf?

A) a monochromatic color scheme
B) an oversized head
C) exaggerated hips and breasts
D) the illusion of energetic movement

Question 8

Whose Just what is it that makes today's homes so different, so appealing? could be seen as a manifesto for the Pop Art movement?

A) Hamilton
B) Warhol
C) Johns
D) Wesselmann

Question 9

Which artist noted in a written accompaniment to a 1992-1993 exhibition that "Art restimulates inspirations and awakens sensibilities/That's the function of art"?

A) Martin
B) Riley
C) Flavin
D) Thiebaud

Question 10

Who sculpted Portrait of Sidney Janis with Mondrian Painting?

A) Segal
B) Janis
C) Oldenburg
D) Riley

Question 11

Who created Metronomic Irregularity I (1966), which consists of cotton-covered wires interlaced through the holes in two rectangles?

A) Kosuth
B) Hesse
C) Lichtenstein
D) Martin

Question 12

The vertical blocks in Judd's Untitled (1967) exemplify Minimalists' preference for

A) polyester.
B) marble.
C) industrial materials.
D) plaster.

Question 13

Which artist performed the action sculpture Coyote, I like America and America Likes Me for one week with a live coyote?

A) Hesse
B) Beuys
C) Martin
D) Judd

Question 14

Whose Untitled #9 (1990) consists of gray horizontal bands lightening as they near the top of the frame?

A) Warhol
B) Martin
C) Beuys
D) Riley

Question 15

Works of Op Art are devoid of

A) recognizable objects.
B) kinetic effects.
C) geometric abstraction.
D) lines and shapes.

Question 16

Which artist's Aubade (Dawn) of 1975 exemplifies the Op Art movement?

A) Riley
B) Judd
C) Beuys
D) Segal

Question 17

Which artist experimented with fluorescent lights in works such as Untitled (in Honor of Harold Joachim?

A) Flavin
B) Johns
C) Rauschenberg
D) Hesse

Question 18

In his Painted Bronze (Ale Cans), Jasper Johns does all of the following EXCEPT

A) draw upon the theme of commercialism.
B) question the degree to which uniqueness is a necessary quality of art.
C) efface the artist's presence and evidence of the artistic process.
D) render everyday objects into works of art.

Question 19

Before she took a sabbatical from art in the late 1960s, Martin's artwork consisted primarily of

A) assemblages of found objects arranged in a disorderly manner.
B) sculpted installations that combined Cubist shapes with figurative elements.
C) monumental sculptures of everyday objects.
D) all-over grid paintings marked by glowing colors.

Question 20

Which artist created the sculptural installation The Last Supper for the Sidney Janis Gallery?

A) Judd
B) Escobar
C) Beuys
D) Flavin

Question 21

Which artist was known for "combines" such as Black Market (1961), which incorporated painting, photography, and sculpture?

A) Rauschenberg
B) Riley
C) LeWitt
D) Wesselmann

Question 22

Which sculptor made monumental statues of mundane objects, such as Clothespin (1976) in Philadelphia?

A) Segal
B) Oldenburg
C) Janis
D) Thiebaud

Question 23

For his Wall Drawing series, LeWitt sold instructions for how to complete the finished work rather than the finished work itself.

Question 24

Whose work is exemplified by his Campbell's Soup I (Tomato) of 1968?

A) Wesselmann
B) Warhol
C) Johns
D) Hamilton

Question 25

The ephemeral nature of "happenings" was intended partly as a reaction against the commoditization of art.

Question 26

Along with being a famous artist, Warhol also became the central figure of a controversial "cult."

Question 27

Judd's Untitled (1967) exemplifies the fondness for personal statements and creative disorder found in most minimalist sculptures.

Question 28

Which West Coast artist painted Thirteen Books (1992)?

A) Lichtenstein
B) Thiebaud
C) Segal
D) Judd

Question 29

The figures in Segal's sculptures generally

A) consist of oversized versions of everyday objects.
B) consist of abstract shapes that only suggest bodies.
C) stare defiantly at the audience.
D) appear isolated and self-absorbed.

Question 30

One of the defining characteristics of Warhol's work is

A) a rejection of commercialism.
B) a limited iconography.
C) an embrace of individualism and individualization.
D) an obsession with mass production.

Question 31

In works like Torpedo?Los!, Roy Lichtenstein drew upon the aesthetic of

A) comic books.
B) movie stills.
C) wartime propaganda posters.
D) processed food labels.

Question 32

Which artist combined three-dimensional forms with flattened geometric abstraction to critique American vulgarity in the Great American Nude series?

A) Lichtenstein
B) Oldenburg
C) Wesselmann
D) Segal

Question 33

The works of Thiebaud are characterized by all the following traits EXCEPT

A) a self-consciously ordered arrangement of objects.
B) a fascination with the color white.
C) an illusion of photographic repetition.
D) an emphasis on the texture of paint.

Question 34

Conceptual artists and Minimalists alike embraced the concept of objects as consumer products.

Question 35

Conceptual artists attempted to move beyond Minimalism by eliminating even the materials from which formal art is created.

Question 36

As their names suggest, Op Art and Pop Art are nearly identical in style and subject matter.

Question 37

As demonstrated in pieces like Retroactive I, the work of Rauschenberg could best be described as

A) streamlined.
B) collage-like and ambiguous.
C) built upon multiple reproductions of a single image.
D) fixated on the artist's self-image.

Question 38

The sculptureincorporates an actual painting by Mondrian.

Question 39

Segal created his sculptures by wrapping living people in plaster.

Question 40

Despite its eclectic origins, Pop Art quickly developed into a homogeneous style.

Question 41

What are the characteristics of Conceptualism? What role does Conceptualism give to the artist, and what role does it give to the audience?

Question 42

What aspects of earlier artistic traditions and styles did Pop artists incorporate into their own works?

Question 43

What qualities did Pop Art sculpture share with Op Art painting? How did the two differ?

Question 44

How did the different art movements of the second half of the twentieth century deal with the "object" in art?

Question 45

What were the characteristics of action sculpture?

Question 46

What were the characteristics of Pop Art?

Question 47

What were the characteristics of Minimalist sculpture?