ARHS Final

Question 1

Japanese artist _________________________ combines traditional symbolism and iconography from BUDDHISM WITH FUTURISTIC IMAGERY using technology to create immersive environments.

Answer 1

Mariko Mori

Question 2

During a video installation called NIRVANA in which the viewers see the female figure and alien musicians animated, the central floating female hums for seven minutes at the conclusion of which a fan turns on and _____________________ at the audience.

Answer 2

wafts perfumed air

Question 3

A TIBETAN ________________ is a type of sacred Buddhist burial mound.

Answer 3

stupa

Question 4

AI WEI WEI was BORN in

Answer 4

Beijing, China

Question 5

In the video, Sunflower Seeds, Ai Wei Wei explains he chose to work in Jingdezhen because in the old times the whole town was making PORCELAIN _________________________.

Answer 5

for the Chinese Emperor’s Court

Question 6

In the video, Sunflower Seeds, Ai Wei Wei tells us that paintings of Chairman Mao Tse Tung always had sunflowers in them. He further narrates that the sun represents Chairman Mao and that the SUNFLOWERS REPRESENT _____________________.

Answer 6

the ordinary people who are loyal to Mao

Question 7

For his performance, DROPPING A HAN DYNASTY URN, Ai Wei Wei symbolically destroys an ancient Han dynasty urn by making a replica that is destroyed during the performance.

Answer 7

False

Question 8

This INDIAN BORN LONDON based artist makes elaborately detailed mixed media paintings which include glitter and sparkling beads.

Answer 8

Raqib Shaw

Question 9

Bichitr’s Jahangir Preferring a Sufi Shaikh to Kings, from the St. Petersburg album is a spectacular example of a MUGHAL (present-day India) _________________________.

Answer 9

miniature painting

Question 10

The artist Bichitr includes his own self-portrait in the lower corner of the Mughal painting, Jahangir Preferring a Sufi Shaikh to Kings. In the painting, he wears _____________________ (ROBE), indicating that he is a Hindu serving in the Mughal court and painting Islamic art.

Answer 10

a yellow jama

Question 11

Shirin Neshat’s series, Women of Allah, examines the identity of __________________ in Iran during the Islamic REVOLUTION OF ((1979)).

Answer 11

female martyrs

Question 12

In Neshat’s Women of Allah series, the artist EMPOWERS HER FEMALE SUBJECTS by allowing them ______________________.

Answer 12

to gaze back at the viewer

Question 13

Shirin Neshat adds ___________________ to her portraits thereby connecting her artwork to an important art form in the long HISTORY OF IRANIAN CULTURE.

Answer 13

calligraphy

Question 14

In the video, Shirin on Shirin, the artist Shirin Neshat says that she left Iran at the AGE OF 17 in order ___________________________.

Answer 14

to study abroad

Question 15

In the video, Shirin on Shirin, the artist states that she feels her work exists between FRAGILITY and ________________.

Answer 15

strength

Question 16

Japanese artist Takashi Murakami has been influenced by the GRAPHIC art work of ___________________.

Answer 16

manga comics

Question 17

Although the artist El Anatsui was BORN IN GHANA, he has spent most of his artistic career in ______________________.

Answer 17

Nigeria

Question 18

The use of gold in the woven tapestries of metal pieces by El Anatsui relates to the CEREMONIAL TEXTILES, _____________________, from his homeland in Ghana.

Answer 18

Kente cloth

Question 19

In the video, Gravity and Grace, the artist El Anatsui states that his idea for his large woven metal works occurred by chance. He stumbled upon a BAG UNDER A BUSH, which when he looked inside, he saw _____________________.

Answer 19

many bottle caps

Question 20

Who said, “I am for an art that IMITATES THE HUMAN, that is comic, if necessary, or violent, or whatever is necessary.?”

Answer 20

Claes Oldenburg

Question 21

_____________________ was fascinated by CONTEMPORARY ICONS, fame, and consumerism.

Answer 21

Andy Warhol

Question 22

ANDY WARHOL began his CAREER as ____________________.

Answer 22

a graphic designer

Question 23

Pop artists like Andy Warhol elevated popular images that appear as ADVERTISEMENTS FOR A PRODUCT to the same level as high art seen in ____________________.

Answer 23

an art gallery

Question 24

Warhol’s CAMPBELL’S SOUP CANS reveal the ________________________ ideals of regularity, consistency, and familiarity.

Answer 24

consumerist

Question 25

Andy Warhol began painting images of Marilyn Monroe shortly after her TRAGIC DEATH.

Answer 25

True

Question 26

_______________________________ allowed Warhol to copy his own images using the same method as that used for commercial PACKAGE DESIGNS.

Answer 26

Silkscreen printing

Question 27

Andy Warhol became a globally recognized brand. In fact, he NAMED HIS STUDIO, _______________,where he hired assistants to help complete his works of art in the style of the manufacturing that so fascinated him.

Answer 27

The Factory

Question 28

The pop artist Roy Lichtenstein is best known for painting enlarged ___________________ to create works of art that DIRECTLY REFERENCE POPULAR MEDIA CULTURE.

Answer 28

comic book panels

Question 29

Lichtenstein uses PAINT AND STENCIL to imitate the look of commercial printing mimicking the _________________ of a mechanical printing method used in pulp comics.

Answer 29

Ben-Day dots

Question 30

The CONTEMORARY ARTIST _______________________ has been deeply influenced by the Pop Art movement.

Answer 30

Jeff Koons

Question 31

Unlike Andy Warhol who employed dozens of assistants to help him complete his works of art, Jeff Koons prefers to work with only ONE TRUSTED ASSISTANT.

Answer 31

False

Question 32

Paying tribute to the COSTUME designed for her by Jeff Koons, the pop artist _______________ sings, “One second I'm a Koons, then suddenly the Koons is me.”

Answer 32

Lady Gaga

Question 33

Postmodern art begins at some point in the _______________ and ENCOMPASSES many art movements such as Pop Art and Performance Art.

Answer 33

1960s

Question 34

Postmodernism HERALDED a deepened interest in ___________________ and the emergence of artists who proactively seek to diversify museums and the stories told by art history.

Answer 34

inclusivity

Question 35

Postmodern art moves out of the TRADITIONAL SPACES of museums and galleries. It can be seen in ___________________.

Answer 35

public spaces

Question 36

The postmodern artist Cindy Sherman is KNOWN FOR HER _______________________.

Answer 36

photography

Question 37

In Untitled Film Still #21, the EXACT STORYLINE __________________, as are many of Sherman’s works of art.

Answer 37

is left ambiguous

Question 38

In the 1908s, the artist Keith Haring was engaged with the practice of making art that was ACCESSIBLE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC He made over ________________ chalk drawings in New York City subway stations by drawing over the black matte paper that was used to cover advertisements whose contract had expired.

Answer 38

5,000

Question 39

The land and light artist __________ is a pioneer in the use of natural light as a medium of expression. His SKYSPACES are environments designed for the viewer to experience the passage of light at dawn and at dusk.

Answer 39

James Turrell

Question 40

Contemporary British artist ______________________ uses the BODIES OF ANIMALS in his works of art, such as his famous The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living.

Answer 40

Damien Hirst

Question 41

To many, NAM JUN PAIK IS THE __________________.

Answer 41

father of Video art

Question 42

The American painters Kehinde Wiley and _________________ were COMMISSIONED to paint portraits of President Obama and the First Lady for the National Portrait Gallery.

Answer 42

Amy Sherald

Question 43

Kehinde Wiley copies historic paintings from the past and RECASTS his own take on these traditional subjects using ________________________ as subjects,

Answer 43

people from his neighborhood

Question 44

Bruce Nauman uses NEON LIGHTS as a material to create his sculptures that often include __________________.

Answer 44

written expressions

Question 45

A noticeable change occurs in the NEXT GENERATION of younger artists coming out from under Modernism. Postmodern artists reintroduce ______________________ as a central subject in works of art.

Answer 45

the human form

Question 46

The development of __________________ art allowed artists to make art entirely with THEIR OWN BODIES.

Answer 46

performance

Question 47

In 2010, Marina Abramović staged a BLOCKBUSTER performance at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City entitled The Artist is Present. During the performance, she invites the viewer to _____________________ the performance.

Answer 47

participate in

Question 48

___________________ represents the human body using common DAILY OBJECTS such as candies, clocks, and stacks of papers.

Answer 48

Felix Gonzalez-Torres

Question 49

Each of the CLOCKS in Perfect Lovers by Felix Gonzalez-Torres represents a _________________.

Answer 49

person

Question 50

The artist _________________ creates ELABORATE SUITS made of found objects and fabrics that he uses in choreographed dances.

Answer 50

Nick Cave