Deck 23: Opening up to the World

Question 1

Giving specific examples of works and/or artists, discuss the impact of globalization on art and artists.

Answer 1

Responses will vary depending on the selection of artwork/artists. As the 20^th century drew to a close, the art world began to expand its international reach. Galleries, museums, and artists established presences on the Internet and in digital media. Exhibition spaces opened up in major cities around the world, and venerable and prestigious international biennial exhibitions of new art were joined by similarly ambitious events in other cities worldwide, creating an expanded network in which art from many points of origin circulated and became known.

Question 2

To what aspect of Hinduism did Subodh Gupta refer in his work Dada?

A) The washing of peoples' feet.
B) Meditation
C) Yakshi sculptures
D) A lotus blossom

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Imran Qureshi's work is influenced by

A) postmodern minimalism.
B) video games.
C) traditional Mughal miniature painting.
D) the human form.

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Do you think the growing global interconnectedness is good or bad for the art world?

Question 5

Ernesto Neto's Leviathan Thot was a temporary installation at the:

A) Brazilian Congress.
B) Paris Pantheon.
C) Parthenon.
D) Eiffel Tower.
E) Coliseum.

Question 6

In Neto's Leviathan Thot, the artist thinks of his work as a ____________, another art of gravity, grace, balance, and interaction.

A) performance
B) installation
C) ballet
D) dance
E) None of these is correct.

Question 7

Which global event inspired Thomas Demand's Control Room?

A) Occupy Wall Street
B) The Vietnam War
C) September 11, 2001
D) The Fall of the Berlin Wall
E) The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant meltdown

Question 8

Fertile Land is by the _____________ artist ____________.

A) African; Shonibare
B) Mexican; Ortega
C) Pakistani; Qureshi
D) Indian; Gupta
E) Cambodian; Pich

Question 9

Nermine Hammam's Cairo Year One: Upekkha is inspired by the

A) Egyptian heiroglyphics.
B) Renaissance portraits.
C) The 2011 Egyptian Revolution.
D) Indian politics.
E) Hindu pantheism.

Question 10

Which of the following technologies had a profound effect on Feng Mengbo's Long March: Restart?

A) Cell phones.
B) Satellites
C) Video games.
D) Micro-robotics

Question 11

Knowledge of what would have enriched the experience of those who visited Gupta's Very Hungry God?

A) Gupta's personal history
B) The controversy behind erecting the installation
C) The Christian vanitas image
D) The story of the Seven Sages
E) Hindu rituals and beliefs

Question 12

The work Rosetta 2 was done by:

A) Ernesto Neto.
B) Jenny Saville.
C) Feng Mengbo.
D) Kohei Nawa.
E) Sopheap Pich.

Question 13

Discuss how a background of certain cultural or historical knowledge could increase a viewer's understanding and appreciation of at least two contemporary works mentioned in this chapter.

Question 14

Damián Ortega's Harvest explores the subject of

A) Mexican revolutionary culture.
B) the reliance on automobiles.
C) postmodern alienation.
D) language and its representation.
E) the exploitation of indigenous peoples in Latin America.

Question 15

Which of the following interiors would artist Ernesto Neto most like to create a work for?

A) A neoclassical structure
B) A cave
C) A gothic cathedral
D) A government building
E) A log cabin

Question 16

Identify at least three artists who have used their art to comment on issues of identity, both cultural and personal. Comment on the reasons that you feel they have succeeded or failed in their efforts.

Question 17

Consider Yinka Shonibare's Cake Man and discuss the significance of the use of textiles in the work.

Question 18

What type of material did Subodh Gupta use in making the work Dada?

A) Plaster
B) Computer code
C) Recycled tires
D) Steel utensils
E) Wood, grass, and mud

Question 19

Refrigerator magnets depicting Michelangelo's David and Botticelli's Venus as jewelry are an example of:

A) anime.
B) installation art.
C) vanitas.
D) otaku.
E) visual culture.