Deck 22: Art Now: A Global Perspective

Question 1

The art produced by the people of the Caribbean and Latin America tends to reflect all of the following themes except __________.

A) ​affection for the colonizing country 
B) ​poverty 
C) ​political conflict 
D) ​the day to day meaning of life 
E) ​the residue of colonialism

Answer 1

  A

Question 2

Briefly discuss the anxieties experienced by ordinary Chinese people due to rapid industrialization.

Answer 2

  ​Answers may vary

Question 3

Appropriation artist Vik Muniz is known for using ________________? 

A) ​kitsch 
B) ​balls 
C) ​junk 
D) ​mufflers 
E) ​old posters

Answer 3

  C

Question 4

Haitian artist Jean-Ulrick Desert made __________ into burqas for The Burqa Project.

A) ​newspapers 
B) ​batik designs 
C) ​national flags 
D) ​sailcloth 
E) ​military uniforms

Question 5

Japanese artist Mariko Mori can be described as all of the following except __________.

A) ​a cyberchick 
B) ​a cross between a geisha girl and a gidget 
C) ​a daughter of Warhol and granddaughter of Duchamp 
D) ​a former model and fashion design student 
E) ​a painter and a sculptress

Question 6

What has the phenomenon of globalization created?

Question 7

Jean Desert's The Burqa Project represents the _________of Western countries.

A) ​trees 
B) ​birds 
C) ​hats 
D) ​banners 
E) ​flags

Question 8

Samuel Fosso began his career as a photographer and comes from ___________.

A) Kenya​ 
B) ​France 
C) ​Germany 
D) ​India 
E) ​Central African Republic

Question 9

Indian artist Subodh Gupta's Silk Route is composed entirely of __________.

A) ​kitchen utensils 
B) ​computer hardware 
C) ​electric appliances 
D) ​junk 
E) ​automotive mufflers

Question 10

Vik Muniz embraces the concept of ____________.

A) ​hybridity 
B) ​pop 
C) ​cubism 
D) ​abstraction 
E) ​expressionism

Question 11

Which of the following is not an example of globalization? 

A) ​A war around the globe finds its way into living rooms. 
B) ​New York is the center of the art world. 
C) ​One stock market affects all stock markets. 
D) ​China's air pollution flows into California. 
E) ​Cellular phones and the Internet allow for instant communication.

Question 12

What does the contemporary art of artists of or from the Middle East often reflect?

Question 13

Briefly describe the political,economic,and cultural subjugation depicted in Miguel Luciano's Plantano Pride.

Question 14

Mexican artist Enrique's Illegal Alien's Guide to Critical Theory is a satire of his own experience as an_______________.

A) ​artist 
B) ​salesperson 
C) ​chief 
D) ​immigrant 
E) ​teacher

Question 15

Hew Locke's Sikandar is embellished with charms,medals,___________,votive offerings,jewels,Persian trinkets and Greek masks,encouraging viewers to ponder the interaction of cultures,and especially the meanings and endurance of conquest and colonialism.

A) ​garbage 
B) ​bones 
C) ​nuts and bolts 
D) ​cigarettes 
E) ​sabers

Question 16

In Cuban artist Alexandre Arrechea's Elementos Arquitectronicos,his primary theme seems to relate to __________.

A) ​the reemergence of Cuba 
B) ​a sense of quiet desperation 
C) ​the identity of the laborer 
D) ​the relationship between immigrants and outsiders 
E) ​the capital city of Havana

Question 17

An everyday family scene that is suddenly disrupted when the ceiling begins to collapse describes which of the artworks below? 

A) ​Fang Lijun's 30th Mary 
B) ​Wang Gongxin's Our Sky is Falling In! 
C) ​Mariko Mori's Wave UFO 
D) ​Zhang Huan's Fresh Open Buddha Hand 
E) ​Zhang Xiaogang's Big Family

Question 18

Explain how Takashi Murakami works often aim to reconcile "high art" and "low culture." Also,make a case as to whether or not he should be considered a Pop artist.

Question 19

Mexican artist Enrique Chagoya states,"My artwork is a conceptual fusion of opposite cultural realities that I have experienced in my lifetime.I integrate diverse elements: from pre-Columbian mythology,Western religious iconography,and American popular culture." Using his Illegal Alien's Guide to Critical Theory as an example,explain how the artist's work reflects his statement.

Question 20

Describe the link between globalization and what is known as the postcolonial condition.

Question 21

How does hybridity integrate high art and low art? Use examples.

Question 22

Explain why artists use appropriation in contemporary art.Use examples.

Question 23

Discuss the cultural issues that Iranian artist Shirin Neshat addresses in works such as Passage.