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Chapter 14 – Art in the New Millennium
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Cai Guo-qiang’s work makes use of:
a. geography.
b. medicine.
c. history.
d. Chinese philosophy.
e. all of these.
2. 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
3. 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.
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4. The form of Mariko Mori’s Wave UFO is based on a(n):
a. fish.
b. drop of water.
c. surfboard.
d. all of these.
e. none of these.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. 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.
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8. Julie Mehretu’s Empirical Construction, Istanbul presents a vision of an urban
environment that is:
a. dynamic.
b. enormous.
c. multi-layered.
d. almost kaleidoscopic.
e. all of these.
9. 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.
10. 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.
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Fill–in–the-Blank Questions
11. 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 ____________.
12. An example of “destination architecture,” which brought revitalization to a fading
industrial center, is Frank Gehry’s ____________ in Bilbao.
13. Mariko Mori’s Wave UFO sets out to provide an experience that can express the
inner self through ____________.
14. Individuality has been a hallmark of modern art, and the ____________ of 21st-
century art is proof of its continued importance.
15. 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.
True-False Questions
16. With Richard Serra’s Torqued Ellipses, the enormous sheets of steel seem to deny
their materiality as they flow and billow like fabric.
17. In Bill Viola’s Five Angels for the Millennium, the observer’s viewpoint remains fixed
at the water’s surface.
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18. Battle of the Giants by Armit and Rabindra K.D. Kaur Singh involves two elephants
whose bodies are composed of football and rugby players.
19. Ann Hamilton’s corpus was installation art on a massive scale that proposed a
contemplation on the modes of human communication.
20. James Turrell has said that he wants people to mentally regard light as a
nonexistent, ephemeral, invisible entity.
Short Answer Questions
21. What is the metaphor used by Santiago Calatrava to describe his design for the
World Trade Center Transportation Hub?
22. To create the Tate Modern museum, into what did the Swiss architectural firm of
Herzog and DeMeuron transform an abandoned London power plant?
23. What facts, in part, have inspired Joyce Kozloff’s Targets?
24. Through their ephemeral quality, Andy Goldsworthy’s works partake in the cycle of
growth and decay; how are they thus preserved?
25. How will James Turrell’s Roden Crater project be like Stonehenge?
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Essay Questions
26. What sort of unexpected materials have been used for art in the last few years?
27. How does Julie Mehretu’s Empirical Construction, Istanbul work to illustrate how
environment defines civilization, and how we engage urban living?