Deck 24: Modern Art Beyond the West

Question 1

Why was the purchase of Gerard Sekoto's painting Street Scene by the South African National Gallery made secret?
Essay Questions

Answer 1

not answered

Question 2

This artist, creator of Sunrise Over the Eastern Sea traveled throughout Japan in the 1930s sketching and painting the landscape.

A) Fujishima Takeji
B) Gao Jianfu
C) Saburo Murakami
D) M. F. Husain

Answer 2

A

Question 3

In the late 1950s, a group of students in Nigeria formed the Zaria Art Society with the goal of expressing:

A) more of their African identity in their works
B) surrealistic imagery in their works
C) colonial leadership in their works
D) minimalist imagery in their works

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Identify the first Black African Modernist.

Question 5

The style of Li Hua's Take Him In! is similar to Western examples of:

A) Post-Impressionism
B) Surrealism
C) Pop Art
D) Social Realism

Question 6

The color schemes and flat patterns illustrated in Amrita Sher-Gil's The Swing were directly influenced by the Post-Impressionism of Paul Gauguin and:

A) the symbolism of Gustave Moreau
B) the ancient caves at Ajanta
C) the Court of the Lions at Alhambra
D) the Egyptian pyramids

Question 7

What was the purpose of the Chinese League of Left-Wing Artists in the 1930s?

Question 8

How has globalization affected traditional non-Western artistic traditions? What place does diversity occupy in the art world, and what are some nationalistic concerns explored by artists? Should ethnicity and/or nationality determine what an artist creates? Explain.

Question 9

The Japanese group Gutai functioned from 1954 to 1972. In their manifesto, they proclaimed:

A) the end of traditional art making
B) to maintain Japanese traditions
C) to celebrate the landscape
D) an end to radical art

Question 10

How did the Gutai group of artists anticipated several aspects of Happenings and Performance Art that emerged later in the West?