AH II Module 13

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A good example of Deconstructivist architecture is ____.

Guggenheim Museum, Bibao

____ is an example of High-Tech architecture?

Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank

How does the architecture of Günter Behnisch express Deconstructivist architecture?

It denies the possibility of spacial enclosure.

The work of ____ deals with the issue of who "controls the body."

Kiki Smith

The common denominator of ____ in architecture is the breaking down of national boundaries.

Postmodernism

____ is the gay artist whose show, The Perfect Moment, was cancelled for its openly gay character.

Robert Mapplethorpe

The purpose of Shirin Neshat's art is ____.

She wants to question the fundamentalist Islamic regime in Iran.

Which of the following describes Barbara Kruger's photo-collages?

They challenge cultural attitudes.

Barbara Kruger's work takes on the slick design of contemporary advertising. Which of the following is her principal aim?

To expose the deceptiveness of media messages

The architect ____ was greatly influenced by Kazimir Malevich and his Suprematist theories.

Zaha Hadid

In her Holocaust Memorial, Rachel Whiteread depicted the shapes of identical books as a ____.

a reference to the Jews as "the people of the book"

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 ____.

as a viewer of earlier artists

Many of Basquiat's paintings celebrate ____.

black heroes

How does Faith Ringgold address issues of gender and racism in her work?

by using fabrics, traditionally associated with women and incisive narrative

The harnessing of solar power is one of the central features of ____ architecture.

green

Bloodline: Big Family No. 2 references the Chinese governmental policy of restricting married couples to ____.

have only one child

Elizabeth Murray is one of the artists who has experimented with ____.

highly irregular format for paintings

Jenny Holzer's installation at the Guggenheim Museum consisted of ____.

large continuous LED display spiraling the interior ramp

The earth art of Christo and Jean-Claude did not alter the land, but rather ____.

modified it with a cloth

Chris Ofili represented ____ in a manner that departed radically from conventional representations.

the Virgin Mary

In Willie Bester's Homage to Steve Biko, the numbers refer to ____.

the dehumanized life of blacks under apartheid

The incinerated appearance of Anslem Kierfer's Nigredo alludes to ____.

the holocaust

The polish artist Krzysztof Wodiczko developed artworks involving ____.

the projection of slide images outdoors


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