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According to Greenberg, what would be the role of a modernist art critic?
Choose one answer.
a. To define and promote a collective artistic approach
b. To define and preserve a plurality of artistic practices
c. To define and promote an artistic practice based on diversity
d. To define and preserve the purity of an artistic medium
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Question 2
Fill in the blank. Based on his work, Clement Greenberg would best be described as a ______________.
Choose one answer.
a. Formalist art critic
b. Post-modernist writer on art
c. Neo-expressionist artist
d. Conceptual photographer
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Question 3
For what reason did the work of Helen Frankenthaler become associated with the movement of post-painterly abstraction?
Choose one answer.
a. Formal qualities of her pictorial language
b. Narrative components of her artistic practice
c. The way the artist used quotations from mass media
d. Bold uses of technology and various media in her work
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Question 4
Post-painterly abstraction was a modernist art movement proposed and defended by Clement Greenberg in the 1960s. What were its main characteristics?
Choose one answer.
a. Pictorial and formal purity
b. Pictorial and formal diversity
c. Extensive use of pictorial quotations
d. Extensive use of narrative quotations
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Question 5
What did Clement Greenberg call attention to in his article 'Modernist Painting'?
Choose one answer.
a. Importance of sculpture
b. Importance of social context
c. Purity of medium
d. All of the above
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Question 6
What did Modernism represent for Clement Greenberg?
Choose one answer.
a. Yet another step in development of abstract art
b. Final stage in progression of art's self-criticality and reduction
c. Important transition from art of time to art of space
d. All of the above
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Question 7
What did the movement of post-painterly abstraction refer to?
Choose one answer.
a. Photographs made in pictorial mode
b. Sculptures made in relief
c. Figurative painting
d. Formalist painting
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Question 8
What does the term "white cube" refer to in relation to the Museum of Modern Art?
Choose one answer.
a. Autonomy of modernism
b. Dependence of modernism on literature and fiction
c. Historical context of modernism
d. Popular understanding of modernism
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Question 9
What happened to Abstract Expressionism during the Cold War?
Choose one answer.
a. It was used as a means of fostering a dialogue.
b. It was used as an educational device.
c. It was used as a propaganda tool.
d. It was acknowledged as a means to experience the global diversity.
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Question 10
What was the name of one of the most famous American art dealers working during the Cold War?
Choose one answer.
a. Ambroise Vollard
b. Berheim Jeune
c. Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler
d. Leo Castelli
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Question 11
What was the reaction of artists to an increasing presence of the art market during the Cold War?
Choose one answer.
a. They felt that the art market was limiting creativity by imposing and promoting one single (modernist) model of art.
b. They felt that the art market helped promote diversity and different approaches to art.
c. They felt that the art market was opening new possibilities for a dialogue among artists in the United States.
d. They felt that the art market contributed to a global exchange of ideas and artworks.
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Question 12
Who are the main advocates of the modernist canon in the 1960s?
Choose one answer.
a. Clement Greenberg, the art market, and mass media
b. Clement Greenberg, the Museum of Modern Art, and the art market
c. The Museum of Modern Art, the art market, and Leo Castelli
d. The art market, mass media, and the gallery system
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Question 13
Why did the abstract painting have such a special place in the Cold War cultural debate?
Choose one answer.
a. It was perceived to embody the power of freedom of choice.
b. It was perceived to illustrate the advance of technology.
c. It was taken to mean the importance of a global collaborative spirit.
d. It was taken to be relevant for improving artistic skills globally.
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Question 14
Why did the painting have such an important role in Greenberg's modernist canon?
Choose one answer.
a. It illustrated well the increasing role of mass media.
b. It fully embodied a self-critical development of Western art.
c. It explained fully the importance and role of narration in visual arts.
d. It documented well the presence of technology.
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Question 15
According to Clement Greenberg's well-known text "Modernist Painting," what is the most important quality that a modernist work of art has to have?
Choose one answer.
a. Historical and contextual awareness
b. Autonomy and purity of each specific artistic medium
c. Presence and traces of mass media and contemporary technology
d. Mixed media
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Question 16
According to contemporary artists, what was the biggest Modernist fallacy?
Choose one answer.
a. Lack of historicity
b. Lack of autonomy
c. Overexposure to historicity
d. Overexposure to autonomy
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Question 17
Many authors believe that what contributed to the creation of contemporary art was that globally contemporary artists expressed a unified condemnation of which of the following?
Choose one answer.
a. Capitalism
b. Socialism
c. Consumerism
d. All of the above
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Question 18
The criticism that Lucy Lippard presented in her anthology on de-materialized art challenged which of the following?
Choose one answer.
a. Postmodernist definition of art
b. Formalist definition of art
c. Pictorial photographs
d. All of the above
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Question 19
The Dérive was another successful artistic strategy that the Situationists proposed. What did it consist of?
Choose one answer.
a. Aimless strolling
b. Calculated examination
c. Purposeful investigation
d. Ironical parody
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Question 20
What did dematerialized art react to?
Choose one answer.
a. Dominance of the art market
b. Dominance of bureaucracy
c. Dominance of the mass media
d. All of the above
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Question 21
What did Yoko Ono hope to achieve with her work entitled 'Cut Piece?'
Choose one answer.
a. To set up a precedent in the History of Modern Art
b. To examine a relationship between East and West
c. To propose a different way to think about contemporary art
d. To test the limits of participation
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Question 22
What does Joseph Beuys's 'social sculpture' refer to?
Choose one answer.
a. People gathering together in the gallery or museum
b. Art students exploring social issues in history of art
c. People working together toward one common goal
d. Society examining art history's past and future
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Question 23
What was the main goal of the collective known as Fluxus?
Choose one answer.
a. Emphasizing the importance of art in everyday culture
b. Using everyday activities and practices to make audience aware of social underpinnings
c. Critique of relationship between art and life
d. All of the above
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Question 24
What was the most important historical and political issue that triggered artistic contempt in the sixties?
Choose one answer.
a. Lack of individual commitment
b. Lack of collective action
c. Absence of environmental awareness
d. Absence of guided action
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Question 25
What was the significance and role of the Situationists' détournement?
Choose one answer.
a. To subvert and misinterpret the mass media
b. To subvert and misinterpret the fine arts
c. To subvert and misinterpret the classical literature
d. All of the above
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Question 26
What would be the best interpretation of a 'dematerialized art object?'
Choose one answer.
a. Perishable and ephemeral work of art
b. Work with no monetary value
c. Artwork disregarding artistic convention
d. All of the above
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Question 27
Where did the Arte Povera movement originate, and what were its main characteristics?
Choose one answer.
a. In Italy; focus on simple, elementary art gestures
b. In France; focus on simple, elementary art gestures
c. In the USA; focus on anti-war protest
d. In Germany; focus on simple art gestures
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Question 28
Why did Joseph Beuys entitle his actions 'social sculpture?'
Choose one answer.
a. His work was conceived as a way to raise public consciousness about social issues.
b. His work was conceived to help transition between society and a museum's gallery space.
c. His work was conceived as a comment on lack of sculptures in society.
d. All of the above
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Question 29
Why is conceptual art believed to be a good example of dematerialization of art object?
Choose one answer.
a. Because it puts an emphasis on ideas and concepts and steers away from the art market
b. Because it avoids ideas and concepts and steers away from the art market
c. Because it puts an emphasis on ideas and materials and steers away from the art market
d. Because it avoids materials and concepts and steers away from the art market
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Question 30
Why is Lucy Lippard considered to be one of the most important contemporary art critics?
Choose one answer.
a. Because she offered a new way to assess Modernism
b. Because she offered a reappraisal of painting and sculpture
c. Because she was not interested in globalization
d. Because she advocated participatory art
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Question 31
What was the most important quality that contemporary artists associated with Modernism and modernist ideology?
Choose one answer.
a. Narrative
b. Autonomy
c. Mixed Media
d. Illusionism
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Question 32
According to Angela Davies, what did women artists address in their work in the seventies?
Choose one answer.
a. Creation of stereotypes
b. Reductive selection of media and artistic genres
c. Marginalization and exclusion of women artists
d. All of the above
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Question 33
According to Judy Chicago and her explanation of "The Dinner Party," why did women artists in the seventies turn to crafts in their art making?
Choose one answer.
a. Because it was cheaper
b. Because it offered an opportunity for a collective work
c. All of the above
d. None of the above
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Question 34
Choose the best answer to fill in the blank. While the artist's body has an important role in happening, action art, and performance, it dominates in the artistic genre of ______________.
Choose one answer.
a. Performance
b. Happening
c. Action art
d. Conceptual art
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Question 35
In her inspirational article written in the seventies, Professor Linda Nochlin draws attention to which of the following?
Choose one answer.
a. Absence of women artists both from history and contemporary scene
b. Increasing presence of technology
c. Importance of art in education
d. All of the above
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Question 36
In the seventies, when the artists were challenging Modernist canon, why did African, Asian, and Latino women artists feel particularly vulnerable?
Choose one answer.
a. Because Modernist canon was conceived by white, European man
b. Because they felt that various media were undeservedly ignored
c. Because they felt that the mass media and popular culture were absent
d. Because Modernist canon didn't allow for representation of patriarchy
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Question 37
Mary Kelly's piece, "Post-Partum Document," describes which of the following experiences?
Choose one answer.
a. Motherhood
b. Sisterhood
c. Adolescence
d. All of the above
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Question 38
Performance art is best defined as which of the following?
Choose one answer.
a. Direct exchange between artist and audience
b. Mediation between art, artist and audience
c. All of the above
d. None of the above
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Question 39
What made the work of Vito Acconci so important in the development of performance art?
Choose one answer.
a. His use of mixed media
b. His incorporation of mass media
c. His exploration of popular culture
d. His incorporation of subconscious
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Question 40
What was the most important contribution of feminist interventions?
Choose one answer.
a. Creating a new niche in the art market
b. Opening a new possibility for inclusion of mass media and popular culture
c. Creating a new way of thinking about the role and function of art in society
d. All of the above
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Question 41
Which female artist's work addressed and worked through her childhood memories?
Choose one answer.
a. Judy Chicago
b. Martha Rosler
c. Louise Bourgeois
d. Ana Menidieta
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Question 42
Which of the following accurately describes characteristics of performance art?
Choose one answer.
a. Mixed media
b. Participation
c. Artist's body
d. All of the above
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Question 43
Which of the following best describes 'The Dinner Party?'
Choose one answer.
a. Ready-made
b. Installation
c. Performance
d. Sculpture
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Question 44
Who utilized some aspects of the Vodou belief system in performance art?
Choose one answer.
a. Judy Chicago
b. Chris Burden
c. Vito Acconci
d. Ana Mendieta
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Question 45
Which of the following best describes why women artists attacked the Modernist canon in the seventies?
Choose one answer.
a. They did so because they were aware that culture creates and reproduces gender stereotypes.
b. They did so because they were aware that culture is most efficient when it operates on subconscious level.
c. All of the above
d. None of the above
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Question 46
Contemporary artist Cindy Sherman combines which of the following in her work?
Choose one answer.
a. Performance and photography
b. Performance and painting
c. Painting and sculpture
d. Sculpture and performance
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Question 47
How does Allan McCollum's work engage with the contemporary world of mass production?
Choose one answer.
a. Historically
b. Rhetorically
c. Critically
d. Objectively
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Question 48
How would you describe Sherrie Levine's involvement with the postmodern rhetoric?
Choose one answer.
a. Levine focused on issues of authenticity and originality as a sign of patriarchal dominance.
b. Levine focused on commercial and technological issues as a sign of spectacularization.
c. Levine focused on technocracy and bureaucracy as a sign of an increasing alienation.
d. All of the above
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Question 49
In order to directly engage with the ordinary public, what did Barbara Kruger use?
Choose one answer.
a. Advertisement in magazines
b. TV Commercials
c. Shopping Malls
d. Commercial Billboards
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Question 50
Komar and Melamid are Russian artists whose collaborative work did which of the following?
Choose one answer.
a. Made the public appreciate abstract painting
b. Made the public appreciate realist painting
c. Made the public rethink the social implications of the dichotomy realism/abstraction
d. Made the public aware of the absence of abstract painting
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Question 51
Neo-expressionist artist Anselm Kiefer uses which of the following as inspiration for his work?
Choose one answer.
a. European history
b. German history
c. Non-Western history
d. All of the above
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Question 52
Specifically, why did women artists deride authenticity in their works?
Choose one answer.
a. It underscored gender roles in patriarchal culture.
b. It made obvious gap between audience and artist.
c. It created a sense of uneasiness amongst the public.
d. None of the above
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Question 53
What did Cindy Sherman critique in her "Untitled Film Stills" series?
Choose one answer.
a. Formalist art as popularized by art press
b. De-materialized art
c. Modernist art and sculpture
d. Gender stereotypes as popularized by mass media
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Question 54
What does the 'expression' in the name of 'Neo-Expressionism' refer to?
Choose one answer.
a. Historical expressionism
b. Individual expressions
c. Public expressions and expectations
d. Collective beliefs and expressions
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Question 55
What made originality such an important issue in postmodern rhetoric?
Choose one answer.
a. Museum practices
b. Art critical practices
c. Public culture
d. Technology and mass media
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Question 56
What was the role of appropriation in postmodern rhetoric?
Choose one answer.
a. To call attention to issue of originality and reproduction
b. To underscore representation of race in contemporary art and culture
c. To examine the importance of mass culture
d. All of the above
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Question 57
Why did Jeff Koons title his artwork "New Hoover Convertibles, New Shelton Wet/Drys 5-Gallon, Double Decker?"
Choose one answer.
a. As a comment on contemporary art scene
b. As a comment on consumerism
c. As a comment on global warming
d. As a comment on postmodernist rhetoric
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Question 58
Why did postmodernist rhetoric become so prevalent in discussions on contemporary art in the eighties?
Choose one answer.
a. It seemed to offer a solution to an increasing commercialization of art.
b. It seemed to address a misrepresentation of non-Western artists.
c. It seemed to offer new critical tools for rethinking artistic practice.
d. All of the above
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Question 59
What does the term 'postmodernism' in studies of history refer to?
Choose one answer.
a. The end of the European dominance in culture and politics
b. The end of Western colonial policies
c. The end of globalization
d. All of the above
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Question 60
According to artists involved with it, what is the most important quality of public art?
Choose one answer.
a. Temporality
b. Luminosity
c. Participation
d. All of the above
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Question 61
Fill in the blank. Richard Serra argued that the removal of his sculpture from the Federal Plaza would _____________.
Choose one answer.
a. Ruin the Federal Plaza
b. Destroy the view
c. Create a public outrage
d. Destroy the work
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Question 62
In Robert Mapplethorpe obscenity trial, what type of beauty did the defense argue his photographs possessed?
Choose one answer.
a. Classical
b. Contemporary
c. Modern
d. Romantic
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Question 63
In what way does the artist Fred Wilson use the museum as the medium for his work?
Choose one answer.
a. By exploring his collections and working with curators
b. By misplacing the labels to draw attention to historical and cultural inconsistencies
c. By exhibiting pieces from the storage that were marginalized, displaced as a commentary on cultural marginalization
d. All of the above
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Question 64
What artistic medium does Andrea Fraser use to call attention to alleged desensitizing effect of a museum?
Choose one answer.
a. Performance
b. Sculpture
c. Painting
d. Mixed Media
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Question 65
What does Alfredo Jaar's work in big cities comment on?
Choose one answer.
a. Cultural marginalization
b. Political isolation
c. Racial exclusion
d. All of the above
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Question 66
What does the term 'institutional critique' refer to?
Choose one answer.
a. Artists' critique of museum and museological practices
b. Artists' critique of public sphere
c. Artists critique of art education and art institutions
d. All of the above
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Question 67
What type of support did Jenny Holzer use for her public art interventions?
Choose one answer.
a. T-shirts, LED boards, stickers
b. T-shirts, magazines, billboards
c. T-shirts, stickers, magazines
d. All of the above
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Question 68
What type of work did Hans Haacke do in museums?
Choose one answer.
a. Site-specific
b. Installation
c. Exposing corporate influence
d. All of the above
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Question 69
What was one of the most important reasons that got Richard Serra the commission for the Federal Plaza in New York City?
Choose one answer.
a. Because he already worked for different plazas in NYC
b. Because his work is site-specific
c. Because his work is multi-media
d. Because he did similar work in Europe
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Question 70
What was the main impetus for making of Krzyst of Wodicko's "Poliscar?"
Choose one answer.
a. Isolation and marginalization of disabled people
b. Isolation and marginalization of disenchanted people
c. Isolation and marginalization of homeless people
d. Isolation and marginalization of old people
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Question 71
What was the name of the work Jenny Holzer displayed on LED boards in New York City's Times Square?
Choose one answer.
a. Tropism
b. Truism
c. Futurism
d. Minimalism
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Question 72
What was the main outcome of culture wars?
Choose one answer.
a. Artists felt that their work was threatened.
b. The public felt that artists were having too much liberty.
c. Artists felt that their lives were threatened.
d. The public felt that artists were irresponsible.
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Question 73
An installation artist strictly opposes the use of which of the following?
Choose one answer.
a. Photographs
b. Ready-made objects
c. All of the above
d. None of the above
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Question 74
Different from installation, performance works with which of the following?
Choose one answer.
a. Painting and sculpture
b. Artist's body
c. Printed media
d. Mixed media
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Question 75
Different objects that Annette Messager uses in her installations are metaphors for which of the following?
Choose one answer.
a. Observer's body
b. Artist's body
c. Social disintegration
d. None of the above
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Question 76
Fill in the blank. Australian artist Stelarc manipulates different prosthetics in his performances as a way to expose an increasing role of ___________ on our identity and the way we think of ourselves.
Choose one answer.
a. Technology
b. Mass media
c. Art
d. Durableness
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Question 77
Fill in the blank. Yinka Shonibare recreates the most important scenes from British art and literature from a position of _______________.
Choose one answer.
a. Post-modern identity politics
b. Post-colonial identity politics
c. Post-feminist identity politics
d. Post-gender identity politics
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Question 78
How did the artistic genre of installation affect contemporary art practice?
Choose one answer.
a. It transformed the viewer's perception of artistic practice.
b. It transformed the way to install art.
c. None of the above
d. Both A and B
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Question 79
In one of her works, French performance artist Orlan uses technology in a very unorthodox and sophisticated way by undergoing a surgical intervention while the procedure is transmitted via webcam to Internet audiences around the world. This is in order to create a commentary on which of the following?
Choose one answer.
a. Technology
b. Mass media
c. Racial positioning
d. Gender issues and women sexuality
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Question 80
Kara Walker's black&white silhouettes are an allegorical enactment of which of the following?
Choose one answer.
a. Racial tensions that participate in identity formation
b. Social tension that participate in identity formation
c. Gender tensions that participate in identity formation
d. All of the above
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Question 81
The installation reacts against which of the following?
Choose one answer.
a. Fetishization of audience
b. Fetishization of gallery space
c. Commodification of art
d. All of the above
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Question 82
The use of soft toys recreates childhood fears of rejection for which artist?
Choose one answer.
a. Kiki Smith
b. Robert Gober
c. Glenn Ligon
d. Mike Kelley
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Question 83
What did anthropology make available to Carrie Mae Weems' work?
Choose one answer.
a. An insight into cultural oppression
b. An insight into cultural construction
c. An insight into societal relativism
d. All of the above
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Question 84
Which of the following is analogous to an installation?
Choose one answer.
a. Environment
b. Set-up
c. Display
d. Mise-en-scene
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Question 85
Why did the installation become so important for artists working in the 1990s?
Choose one answer.
a. It made their work more accessible to general audiences.
b. It made their work readily available for mass-media.
c. It made the art market more aware of young artists.
d. It made the audience more responsive in a gallery/museum setting.
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Question 86
Most of the contemporary artworks made in the 1990s reference which of the following?
Choose one answer.
a. Urban experience
b. Political experience
c. Personal experience
d. Collective experience
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Question 87
According to Jean Fisher, what is the biggest contribution of Rasheed Araeen's exhibition 'The Other Story?'
Choose one answer.
a. 'De-imperializing' the institutional mind
b. Initiating a wave of neo-imperial exploration of 'exotic'
c. All of the above
d. None of the above
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Question 88
Based on your study, which of the following characterizes artistic practice today?
Choose one answer.
a. Increasing importance of art markets and commercialization
b. Increasing presence of contemporary non-Western art and at the same time, dissolution of single, dominant art centers
c. Increasing number of Biennial and other spectacular exhibitions across the globe
d. All of the above
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Question 89
Bill Talen, also known as Reverend Billy, exclusively uses which of the following as a setting for his art?
Choose one answer.
a. Starbucks coffee shops
b. Shopping Malls
c. All of the above
d. None of the above
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Question 90
Doris Salcedo, Colombian artist's most famous work to date, Shibboleth (2007, London, Tate Modern) was simply a 167m long crack in the floor of the gallery. Based on your understanding of this artist's work, what was the crack a metaphor for?
Choose one answer.
a. Political segregation
b. Economic, social, and cultural borders
c. Racial segregation
d. All of the above
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Question 91
If we define the performance in the seventies primarily as an exploration of artist's body and its psycho-social positioning in the world, what would be the way to define the performance in the 21st century?
Choose one answer.
a. Exposition communal, dominant social ills with a help of parody and humor
b. Exploration of art and artistic institutions
c. Examination of Modernist orthodoxies
d. All of the above
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Question 92
In today's global world, what is the most pressing role for art and artists?
Choose one answer.
a. To resist and critique consumerism
b. To draw attention to an increasing power of corporations
c. To preserve and nurture difference (racial, sexual, and gender)
d. All of the above
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Question 93
South African artist William Kentridge turns his black and white charcoal drawings into animated films as a commentary on what aspect of South African life today?
Choose one answer.
a. Economic and social tensions
b. Precariousness of race discourse
c. All of the above
d. None of the above
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Question 94
The work of Mexican artist, Gabriel Orozco is said to establish a poetic relationship with audience due to his unfamiliar use of which of the following?
Choose one answer.
a. Painting and drawing
b. Familiar, everyday objects, like a shoebox for example
c. Film and mass media
d. All of the above
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Question 95
What are the most effective figurative tools that "The Yes Men" use in their work?
Choose one answer.
a. Parody and impersonation
b. Allegory and metaphor
c. Metonymy and personification
d. All of the above
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Question 96
What does Nada Shabout's question, 'Are Images Global' imply?
Choose one answer.
a. Lack of correct representation of Middle-East art and artistic practices
b. Lack of critical appreciation for German art
c. Lack of understanding of Caribbean art
d. All of the above
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Question 97
What is the biggest difference between Bill Talen's (Reverend Billy) performances today and Vito Acconci's performance work in the seventies?
Choose one answer.
a. The way they approach social reality and define the audience
b. The way they use different media in their performances
c. The way they work in the gallery or museum space.
d. All of the above
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Question 98
Why do contemporary artists increasingly work with figurative language (i.e. metaphor, allegory, metonymy, and parody)?
Choose one answer.
a. It invites the audience to be more responsive and pay attention to a detail.
b. It makes the audience more confident in its understanding of contemporary art.
c. It creates tension between the museum and public.
d. It contributes to a more balanced dialogue between artist and museum.
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Question 99
Why does humor seem to be such a powerful tool for artists in addressing consumerism in contemporary society?
Choose one answer.
a. Because the position of consumption in society is not clearly delineated
b. Because it is difficult to address such an issue differently
c. All of the above
d. None of the above
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Question 100
Fill in the blank. In Chin-Tao Wu's interpretation of today's contemporary art scene, the old Modernist paradigm of advanced, powerful center and lagging behind periphery is ________________.
Choose one answer.
a. Equally pertinent
b. Problematic
c. Dramatically changed
d. Relatively incorrect
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