Deck 31: Contemporary Art Worldwide

Question 1

Chris Ofili represented ____ in a manner that departed radically from conventional representations.

A) political figures
B) refugees
C) the Virgin Mary
D) film starts

Answer 1

C

Question 2

In Willie Bester's Homage to Steve Biko, the numbers refer to ____.

A) the dehumanized life of blacks under apartheid
B) the trial of an innocent man
C) the life of the artist
D) Cubism

Answer 2

A

Question 3

The architect ____ was greatly influenced by Kazimir Malevich and his Suprematist theories.

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

Answer 3

A

Question 4

The work of ____ deals with the issue of who "controls the body."

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

Question 5

How does the architecture of Günter Behnisch express Deconstructivist architecture?

A) It is arranged to form a square.
B) It denies the possibility of spatial enclosure.
C) It uses nontraditional materials.
D) It always has one door and one window obviously broken and nonfunctional.

Question 6

In her Holocaust Memorial, Rachel Whiteread depicted the shapes of identical books as a ____.

A) reminder of Hitler's book burning
B) tribute to Christian scripture
C) reference to the Jews as "the people of the book"
D) reminder of a library that stood there

Question 7

The harnessing of solar power is one of the central features of ____ architecture.

A) Deconstructivism
B) green
C) International style
D) environmental

Question 8

A good example of Deconstructivist architecture is ____.

A) Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao
B) Guggenheim Museum, New York
C) Notre Dame du Haut, Ronchamp
D) Seagram Building, New York

Question 9

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

A) They inform the "preciousness" of a good small photo-collage.
B) They challenge media markets to pursue good design.
C) The indiscriminate use of words and photos creates bad design, and her work is deemed critically unacceptable.
D) They challenge cultural attitudes.

Question 10

The purpose of Shirin Neshat's art is ____.

A) She is announcing her pride in her heritage.
B) She wants to question the fundamentalist Islamic regime in Iran.
C) She wants viewers to examine her in this context.
D) She wants acceptance and recognition as a Black artist.

Question 11

The common denominator of ____ in architecture is the breaking down of national boundaries.

A) Constructivism
B) Postmodernism
C) Social Realism
D) the International style

Question 12

Elizabeth Murray is one of the artists who has experimented with ____.

A) Performance art
B) digital media
C) highly irregular format for paintings
D) the construction of memorials

Question 13

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

A) To expose the deceptiveness of media messages
B) To expose bad design
C) To incorporate design and to sell her art
D) To incorporate myths about women and to reinforce the design issues related to the myths

Question 14

The incinerated appearance of Anslem Kierfer's Nigredo alludes to ____.

A) the Chicago fire
B) the Holocaust
C) segregation
D) sexual deviance

Question 15

____ is the gay artist whose show, The Perfect Moment, was cancelled for its openly gay character.

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

Question 16

By placing herself as a spectator of the Last Supper in her Self-Portrait Looking at the Last Supper, Marisol Escobar emphasized the artist as a creator and ____.

A) criticized works from earlier eras
B) a viewer of earlier artists
C) downplayed traditional media
D) underscored the absence of female artists in history

Question 17

Jenny Holzer's installation at the Guggenheim Museum consisted of ____.

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

Question 18

The polish artist Krzysztof Wodiczko developed artworks involving ____.

A) found metal objects
B) paper and fabric
C) the projection of slide images outdoors
D) waste products

Question 19

Many of Basquiat's paintings celebrate ____.

A) black heroes
B) revolutionaries
C) African culture
D) homosexuality

Question 20

How does Faith Ringgold address issues of gender and racism in her work?

A) By creating clear and lucid oil paintings
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

Question 21

Bloodline: Big Family No. 2 references the Chinese governmental policy of restricting married couples to ____.

A) live with extended relatives
B) never live apart
C) stay together forever
D) have only one child

Question 22

What did the Guerilla Girls commonly include in their art?

Question 23

What is Postmodernism?

Question 24

To which movement do Anselm Kiefer and Julian Schnabel belong? How is their work typical of that movement, and which unique materials and art-making approaches does each bring to his work?

Question 25

Identify at least two types of architecture discussed in this chapter. Using examples, identify the aims of each type and how the image selected is representative of that type.

Question 26

What is Neo-Expressionism?

Question 27

Explain the relationship between Postmodernism and commodity culture. How have the issues of culture and society shaped the art? Use examples to support your essay.

Question 28

How problem Wojnarowicz address?

Question 29

____ is an example of High-Tech architecture?

A) Guggenheim Bilbao Museo
B) Tijbaou Cultural Centre
C) Grand Louvre Pyramide
D) Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank

Question 30

A few of the artists in this chapter created memorials. How did their design reflect the nature and purpose of the memorial? What objections did they face?

Question 31

How is the work of the figural artists in this chapter similar to or different from their predecessors? What issues do they address in their approach to presenting the figure?

Question 32

The earth art of Christo and Jean-Claude did not alter the land, but rather ____.

A) provided viewings of it
B) painted it
C) modified it with cloth
D) was placed underground

Question 33

What heritage does the work of Jeff Koons show?

Question 34

How did the public react to Richard Serra's Tilted Arc as public art?

Question 35

Describe the work of Faith Ringgold and Kiki Smith. How do these artists articulate their personal definitions in their work? Use examples to support your essay.

Question 36

How does Jenny Holzer use modern technology?

Question 37

How does the work of David Hammons achieve his goal of combining sharp social commentary with beguiling sensory elements?

Question 38

Describe the influence and use of modern technologies in the arts of the late twentieth century. How have artists transformed these "tools" into viable art-making processes? Use examples to support your essay.

Question 39

How effectively does the work of David Wojnarowicz and Krzysztof Wodiczo inform and examine some of the current political issues? What artistic devices do these artists employ in their work? What precedents are they working from, and how effective are their presentations?

Question 40

How does Frank Gehry's Guggenheim Museum located in Bilbao, Spain, conform to the Deconstructivist agenda?

Question 41

Compare and contrast the works of Kehinde Wiley and Marisol Escobar. How do each engage in a dialogue with artworks from the past, and what is their goal in doing so?

Question 42

Compare and contrast three different examples of artworks that have incorporated text. Discuss the role of text in each of their works in terms of its aesthetic value and message to the viewer.

Question 43

What do the forms refer to in this work?

Question 44

How does this work resonate as a response to racism?

Question 45

How does Zaha Hadid's architecture conform to the theories of Suprematism?

Question 46

What does this work evoke?

Question 47

How does this building conform to Deconstructivism?

Question 48

In what way is this work a departure from typical examples of video art?

Question 49

What does this work explore?