CHAPTER 31—CONTEMPORARY ART WORLDWIDE
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Chris Ofili explores traditional themes and approaches with cross-cultural eyes. Which of the
following describes his work?
a.
It raises issues of social awareness.
b.
It is de-constructing racist sentiment.
c.
It is expressionistic in nature.
d.
It is political in nature.
2. 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
3. Which of the following describes Kruger’s photo-collages?
a.
They inform the “preciousness” of 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.
4. 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
5. Which of the following movements had a great distrust of the Western ideas of progress and objective
truth and viewed all cultures as equally valid?
a.
Constructivism
b.
Postmodernism
c.
Social Realism
d.
the International style
6. The work of ____ deals with the issue of who “controls the body”.
a.
Judy Chicago
b.
Kiki Smith
c.
Jeff Koons
d.
Faith Ringgold
7. A good example of Postmodernist architecture is ____.
a.
Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao
b.
Guggenheim Museum, New York
c.
Notre Dame du Haut, Ronchamp
d.
Seagram Building, New York
8. How does the architecture of Günter Behnisch express Deconstructivist architecture?
a.
It is arranged to form a square.
b.
It avoids the suggestion of a clear, stable mass.
c.
It uses non-traditional materials.
d.
It always has one door and one window obviously broken and non-functional.
9. The work of Melvin Edwards is very evocative. He uses small found metal objects that he intertwines
and welds together creating a haunting theme. Which of the following is that theme?
a.
lynching
b.
war
c.
assassination
d.
riots
10. The work of Adrian Piper is provocative and confrontational. She announces in a video installation,
“I’m black.” What is her motivation with this pronouncement?
a.
She is announcing her pride in her heritage.
b.
She wants viewers to examine their behaviors and values.
c.
She wants viewers to examine her in this context.
d.
She wants acceptance and recognition as a Black artist.
11. The architect, ____, was greatly influenced by Kazimir Malevich and his Suprematist theories.
a.
Zaha Hadid
b.
Andy Goldsworthy
c.
Keith Haring
d.
Norman Foster
12. 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.
as a viewer of earlier artists
c.
downplayed traditional media
d.
underscored the absence of female artists in history
13. In her Holocaust Memorial, Rachel Whiteread depicted the shapes of identical books as ____.
a.
a reminder of Hitler’s book burning
b.
a tribute to Christian Scripture
c.
a reference to the Jews as “the people of the book”
d.
reminder of a library that stood there
14. The incinerated appearance of Anslem Kierfer’s Nigredo recalls ____.
a.
the Chicago fire
b.
the holocaust
c.
segregation
d.
sexual deviance
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
16. The harnessing of solar power is one of the central features of ____ architecture.
a.
deconstructivism
b.
green
c.
International style
d.
environmental
17. 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
18. 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
19. Hans Haacke’s work, ____, demonstrated the connection between art and political and economic
interests.
a.
MetroMobiltan
b.
Perilous Order
c.
Ta Tele
d.
Homage to Steve Biko
20. Which artist revealed the racism embedded in received cultural heritage through his work selecting
dynamic found objects and by encouraging viewer interaction?
a.
Jeff Koons
b.
Leon Golub
c.
David Hammons
d.
Paa Joe
21. ____ 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
22. What was Andy Goldsworthy’s Cracked Rock Spiral tribute to?
a.
Green architecture
b.
Christo’s Surrounded Islands
c.
Robert Smithson and Spiral Jetty
d.
performance art
23. In his use of bright, single-color figures outlined in black, Keith Haring took inspiration from ____.
a.
minimalism
b.
collage
c.
graffiti
d.
Neo-expressionism
SLIDE IDENTIFICATION
Select the response that identifies or corresponds best to the image on the screen.
24. (Figure 31-26)
a.
Kiki Smith
b.
Cindy Sherman
c.
Ana Mendieta
d.
Faith Ringgold
25. (Figure 31-37)
a.
Maya Lin
b.
Jenny Saville
c.
Tara Donovan
d.
Rachel Whiteread
26. (Figure 31-14)
a.
Anselm Kiefer
b.
David Wojnarowicz
c.
Leon Golub
d.
Magdalena Abakanowicz
27. (Figure 31-10)
a.
Chris Ofili
b.
Julian Schanbel
c.
Anselm Kiefer
d.
Leon Golub
28. (Figure 31-20)
a.
Julian Schnabel
b.
Anselm Kiefer
c.
Leon Golub
d.
Susan Rothenberg
29. (Figure 31-41)
a.
Kimo Tsuchya
b.
David Hammons
c.
Richard Serra
d.
Christo
30. (Figure 31-33)
a.
Ieoh Ming Pei
b.
Frank Gehry
c.
Günter Behnisch
d.
Renzo Piano
31. (Figure 31-35)
a.
Spain
b.
Paris
c.
Weil-am-Rhein
d.
New Calcedonia
32. (Figure 31-3)
a.
color photograph
b.
C-print
c.
gelatin silver print
d.
acrylic and oil paint stick
33. (Figure 31-8)
a.
Mapplethorpe
b.
Basquiat
c.
Arbus
d.
Saint-Phalle
34. (Figure 31-1)
a.
Tambo
b.
Perilous Order
c.
Trade
d.
Cremaster Cycle
35. (Figure 31-11)
a.
Chris Ofili
b.
David Hammons
c.
Hans Haacke
d.
Cliff Whiting
36. (Figure 31-19)
a.
Dye coupler print
b.
Gelatin silver print
c.
photograph
d.
offset print
37. (Figure 31-31)
a.
Deconstructivism
b.
High-Tech Architecture
c.
Green Architecture
d.
Suprematism
SHORT ANSWER
1. What did the Guerilla Girls commonly include in their art?
2. What heritage does the work of Jeff Koons show?
3. How does the work of Wojnarowicz confront the viewer?
4. What is Postmodernism?
5. How did the public react to Richard Serra’s Tilted Arc as public art?
6. How does Frank Gehry’s Guggenheim Museum located in Bilbao, Spain conform to the
Deconstructivist agenda?
7. How does Jenny Holzer respond to Post Modernism?
8. What is Neo-Expressionism?
ESSAY
1. Describe the work of Faith Ringgold, Adrian Piper and Kiki Smith. How do these artists articulate
their personal definitions in their work? Use examples to support your essay.
2. 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 do each bring to their work?
3. Describe the work of David Hammons. How does his work reflect the sociopolitical climate and fit
into the Postmodern environment?
4. 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?
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. How is the work of the figural artists in this chapter similar to or different than their predecessors?
What issues do they address in their approach to presenting the figure?
9. 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?
10. Compare and contrast three different examples of art works 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.
11. Compare and contrast the works of Kehinde Wiley and Marisol Escobar. How do each engage in a
dialogue with art works from the past and what is their goal in doing so?
OTHER
SLIDE QUESTIONS
1. How does this work resonate as a response to racism?
2. What does this work explore?
3. What does this work evoke?
4. How does this building conform to Deconstructivism?
5. What do the forms refer to in this work?
6. How does Zaha Hadid’s architecture conform to the theories of Suprematism?
7. In what way is this work a departure from typical examples of video art?
