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Unit 6 Quiz Questions
- What are some of the ways that Andy Warhol's Gold Marilyn refers to mass media?
- What relation is there between how de Kooning painted women and how women were shown in advertising of the period?
- How does Rothko convey an atmosphere of contemplativeness in No. 210/No. 211 (Orange)?
- What were some of the creative possibilities Pollock discovered when he decided to lay his canvas on the floor?
- How did Pollock help redefine what art is?
- What are some of the differences between the styles of Pollock and Frankenthaler?
- What do you see in Pollock’s Mural?
- How is Krasner’s Untitled “deeply personal”?
- What are some of the reasons that some art historians argue that Newman’s Onement I is a biblical image? Do you agree? Why?
- Why was it important to Judd that the elements of his sculptures were made in a factory?
- What are some of the differences you see between the photographs of Morris’ Bodyspacemotionthings when it was first created and how it was reconstructed recently? What do you think are the reasons behind those differences?
- How does Smithson’s Spiral Jetty reflect environmental concerns?
- What does Turrell’s Skyscape, The Way of Color say about the nature of truth?
- Do you agree with the decision to remove Serra’s Tilted Arc? Why or why not?
- In what ways was Beuys’ art “shamanistic”?
- Why do you think Freud thought that it was important to paint the body so starkly and realistically in Standing by the Rags?
- What attitude did Paik have towards media and technology?
- How did living in New York influence Kusama’s art?
- What beliefs about motherhood do you think are shown in Kelly’s Post-Partum Document?
- Why do you think that Haring believed it was important for him to make drawings in the subway?
- What do Sherman’s Untitled Film Stills say about identity?
- What are some similarities and differences between the art of Basquiat and Picasso?
- How does Osorio’s En la barberia no se llora (No Crying Allowed in the Barbershop) challenge definitions of masculinity?
- How is Gonzalez-Torres, Untitled (Billboard of an Empty Bed) an activist artwork?
- What are some of the similarities and differences in the approach to the problem of AIDS taken by Gonzalez-Torres and Wojnarowicz?
- How does Ringgold’s Dancing at the Louvre offer “an alternative to the European and masculine perspectives that are prevalent in art history”?
- What are some of the symbolic details Wiley uses in Napoleon Leading the Army over the Alps? Why do you think he chose them?
- How do you think Weems provides “a voice for all women” in her Kitchen Table Series?
- What reasons did Goldblatt have for beginning his work Ex-Offenders?
- Todo lo demás is a work of fiction that examines the violence and dehumanizing aspects of bureaucracies. How does Almada go about portraying this? What other ideas is she trying to explore through the process of creating this film?
- Almada says, “Whenever violence is happening I think that one of the first things that happens is that there’s silence.” What do you think that she means?
- What does Cuevas do in order to make art that inspires action?
- How does living and working in Mexico City affect Ortega’s work? What do you think he means when he talks about “having a dialogue with the street”?
- What does Reyes mean by “serious play,” and how does he use it in his work?
