Art Appreciation InQuizitive 2.10 - Alternative Media and Processes
How, if at all, did action painting influence the creation of art using alternative media and/or processes?
> It was believed to have exhausted all that could be said with paint on canvas. > It expanded the previously narrow possibilities for painting. > It focused attention on what the artist was doing.
How, if at all, do the formal qualities of Barbara Kruger's conceptual artwork Belief + Doubt (=Sanity) relate to its meaning?
> The installation addresses the viewers directly, challenging their social relations. > The combination of text and image in the artist's work addresses consumerism and feminist interventions.
How does form relate to content in Insurrection! (Our Tools Were Rudimentary, Yet We Pressed On)?
> The projection of viewers' shadows onto the walls implicates the audience in the depicted events. > The use of silhouettes provides a trace of history.
Which, if any, of the following descriptions relate to artworks created using alternative media and processes?
> They often feature events, ideas, and experiences. > They draw connections between art and life.
Each of these installations was created with a specific intention: match the intention with the artwork.
> breaks down the barriers between art and life = bar > presents a story that combines fact and fiction = white with people shadows > represents economic disparity as a result of capitalism = unicycles
How does the museum where The Beanery is on display help viewers experience it as the artist intended?
> by playing a CD with a soundtrack > by scenting it with an "odor paste" that smells like a bar
What basic type of alternative medium and/or process is defined by each of these brief descriptions?
> conceptual art: artwork where ideas are the most important aspect of it > assemblage: artwork created using found objects, junk, or other non-art materials > installation: an intentional environment created as a completed work of art > performance art: artwork involving the human body, usually in front of a live audience
What form do the artworks from early in Vito Acconci's career take?
> documentation of events, including notes and photographs > performances based on situations and sets of actions he designed for himself
Which of the following were John Cage's innovations in the arts?
> his emphasis on chance and performance > his compositions with silence > his employment of multiple art forms
What inspired the making of Yoko Ono's Wish Tree series of conceptual artworks?
> the Japanese practice of tying prayers to a tree > an idea of an open-ended beginning point for an artwork
Which, if any, of the following ideas are considered in or relevant to Vito Acconci's Following Piece?
> the relationship between the artist and the viewer > the way an artist's actions create interactions with another person
How, if at all, does performance art differ from theatrical performance?
> the venue(s) where it takes place > the way its outcomes are often determined by chance
Joseph Beuys's 1974 action Coyote, I Like America and America Likes Me expresses what specific underlying meaning(s) or intention(s)?
>the incorporation of social commentary and political activism into the realm of art > the activation of a process of spiritual healing and reconciliation
Beginning with the earliest first, in what order were the following artworks created using alternative media and processes?
3 frames Dog pulling Unicycles Tree Woman red dress Text
How, if at all, did the early twentieth-century Dada movement influence the creation of art using alternative media and/or processes?
> It challenged traditional notions of art. > It focused on the message over the medium. > It brought objects from the real world into a fine art context.
What is a readymade?
An everyday object that an artist has presented as a work of art
Which figure associated with the Dada movement was a major influence on later twentieth-century artists who turned to alternative media and processes as their preferred means of expression?
Marcel Duchamp
Which well-known artists employed alternative media and/or processes to create each of these artworks?
Marcel Duchamp = Urinal Jean Tinguely = Smoke Joseph Beuys = Dog/Coyote pulling Marina Abramović = Woman red dress Ed Kienholz = Bar
Which, if any, of these performance artworks are created through the active intervention of the audience?
Red
Which of the following statements most accurately describes the nature of Marina Abramović's art?
They are performances that test her mental and physical abilities
Why were the materials of fat and felt important for the artworks of Joseph Beuys?
They helped him survive a plane crash
What was Swiss artist Joseph Tinguely interested in exploring in his conceptual 1960 work Homage to New York?
accident uncertainty impermanence
What specific term is used to describe a stationary scene, in either three dimensions or two dimensions, that has been arranged for artistic impact?
tableau
Who completes many of Yoko Ono's conceptual artworks?
the viewer
