POP ART - POST MODERNISM - POST MODERN BODY Flashcards
(31 cards)
Who said, “I am for an art that imitates the human, that is comic, if necessary, or violent, or whatever is necessary?”
Claes Oldenburg
_____________________ was fascinated by contemporary icons, fame, and consumerism.
Andy Warhol
Andy Warhol began his career as ____________________.
a graphic designer
Pop artists like Andy Warhol elevated popular images that appear as advertisements for a product to the same level as high art seen in ____________________.
an art gallery
Warhol’s Campbell’s Soup Cans reveal the ________________________ ideals of regularity, consistency, and familiarity.
consumerist
TRUE or FALSE: Andy Warhol began painting images of Marilyn Monroe shortly after her tragic death.
true
_______________________________ allowed Warhol to copy his own images using the same method as that used for commercial package designs.
Silkscreen printing
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.
The Factory
The pop artist Roy Lichtenstein is best known for painting enlarged ___________________ to create works of art that directly reference popular media culture.
comic book panels
Lichtenstein uses paint and stencil to imitate the look of commercial printing mimicking the _________________ of a mechanical printing method used in pulp comics.
Ben-Day dots
The contemporary artist _______________________ has been deeply influenced by the Pop Art movement.
Jeff Koons
TRUE or FALSE: 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.
false
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.”
Lady Gaga
Postmodern art begins at some point in the _______________ and encompasses many art movements such as Pop Art and Performance Art.
1960’s
Postmodernism heralded a deepened interest in ___________________ and the emergence of artists who proactively seek to diversify museums and the stories told by art history.
inclusivity
Postmodern art moves out of the traditional spaces of museums and galleries. It can be seen in ___________________.
public spaces
The postmodern artist Cindy Sherman is known for her _______________________.
photography
In Untitled Film Still #21, the exact storyline __________________, as are many of Sherman’s works of art.
is left ambiguous
In the 1980s, how many times did the artists Keith Haring make chalk drawings in New York City subway stations by drawing over black matte paper that was used to cover advertisements whose contracts had expired?
5,000
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.
James Turrell
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.
Damien Hirst
To many, Nam June Paik is the __________________.
father of Video art
The American painters Kehinde Wiley and _________________ were commissioned to paint portraits of President Obama and the First Lady for the National Portrait Gallery.
Amy Sherald
Kehinde Wiley copies historic paintings from the past and recasts his own take on these traditional subjects using ________________________ as subjects.
people from his neighborhood
