Deck 14: Art in the New Millennium

Question 1

Individuality has been a hallmark of modern art,and the ____________ of 21st-century art is proof of its continued importance.

Answer 1

pluralism

Question 2

In Kara Walker's Insurrection! installation,projected light casts our shadows on the walls,and thus works to:

A) involve us.
B) render the work invisible.
C) scare children present.
D) all of these.
E) none of these.

Answer 2

A

Question 3

The colossal scale of the Buddha figure at Bamiyan,Afghanistan is a deliberate attempt to express the ____________ of the Buddha when compared to that of an ordinary human.

Answer 3

spiritual size

Question 4

Battle of the Giants by Armit and Rabindra K.D.Kaur Singh involves two elephants whose bodies are composed of football and rugby players.

Question 5

What is the metaphor used by Santiago Calatrava to describe his design for the World Trade Center Transportation Hub?

Question 6

Matthew Barney's Cremaster 3 ends with the Rockettes doing a precision dance routine on the:

A) ramp of the Guggenheim Museum.
B) roof of St. Peter's.
C) steps of the Tate Modern.
D) all of these.
E) none of these.

Question 7

With Richard Serra's Torqued Ellipses,the enormous sheets of steel seem to deny their materiality as they flow and billow like fabric.

Question 8

At the Prada Flagship Store in New York City designed by Rem Koolhaas,the "big wave" functions as a huge:

A) skateboard ramp.
B) metaphor for sliding consumption.
C) minimalist sculptural form.
D) all of these.
E) none of these.

Question 9

An example of "destination architecture," which brought revitalization to a fading industrial center,is Frank Gehry's ____________ in Bilbao.

Question 10

In creating Torqued Ellipses,Richard Serra was influenced by Borromini's:

A) ramp of his Guggenheim Museum.
B) steeples of the Church of Sagrada Familia.
C) dome in San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane.
D) all of these.
E) none of these.

Question 11

Cai Guo-qiang's work makes use of:

A) geography.
B) medicine.
C) history.
D) Chinese philosophy.
E) all of these.

Question 12

James Turrell has said that he wants people to mentally regard light as a nonexistent,ephemeral,invisible entity.

Question 13

To create the Tate Modern museum,into what did the Swiss architectural firm of Herzog and DeMeuron transform an abandoned London power plant?

Question 14

What aspects of third millennium life meet in New York City at the Prada Flagship Store designed by Rem Koolhaas?

A) hi-tech
B) haute couture consumerism
C) innovative architecture
D) all of these
E) none of these

Question 15

Vito Acconci's The Island in the Mur affords new viewpoints on the city,and thus gives the opportunity,as art often does,for new:

A) perspectives on the familiar.
B) criticisms of capitalism.
C) modes of introspection.
D) all of these.
E) none of these.

Question 16

Mariko Mori's Wave UFO sets out to provide an experience that can express the inner self through ____________.

Question 17

In Bill Viola's Five Angels for the Millennium,the observer's viewpoint remains fixed at the water's surface.

Question 18

Ann Hamilton's corpus was installation art on a massive scale that proposed a contemplation on the modes of human communication.

Question 19

The photographs of Andreas Gursky:

A) are visually stunning.
B) are enormous in size.
C) often present a dialogue between architecture and human presence.
D) all of these.
E) none of these.

Question 20

The pluralistic and global art that characterized the last decades of the twentieth century,along with contemporary individualism,suggest that there may never again be one ____________.

Question 21

How does Julie Mehretu's Empirical Construction,Istanbul work to illustrate how environment defines civilization,and how we engage urban living?

Question 22

What facts,in part,have inspired Joyce Kozloff's Targets?

Question 23

Through their ephemeral quality,Andy Goldsworthy's works partake in the cycle of growth and decay; how are they thus preserved?

Question 24

What sort of unexpected materials have been used for art in the last few years?

Question 25

How will James Turrell's Roden Crater project be like Stonehenge?