Art 157 Ch. 2.10: Alternate Media and Processes Study Guide

Why were the materials of fat and felt important for the artworks of Joseph Beuys?

They helped him survive a plane crash

What is the specific term used to describe an art event marked by impromptu actions and unknown outcomes?

happening

How, if at all, did the early twentieth-century Dada movement influence the creation of art using alternative media and/or processes?

1. It challenged traditional notions of art. 2. It focused on the message over the medium. 3.It brought objects from the real world into a fine art context.

How, if at all, did action painting influence the creation of art using alternative media and/or processes?

1. It expanded the previously narrow possibilities for painting. 2. It was believed to have exhausted all that could be said with paint on canvas. 3. 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?

1. The combination of text and image in the artist's work addresses consumerism and feminist interventions. 2.The installation addresses the viewers directly, challenging their social relations.

How does form relate to content in Insurrection! (Our Tools Were Rudimentary, Yet We Pressed On)?

1. The projection of viewers' shadows onto the walls implicates the audience in the depicted events. 2. 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?

1. They draw connections between art and life. 2. They often feature events, ideas, and experiences.

What basic type of alternative medium and/or process is defined by each of these brief descriptions?

1. artwork involving the human body, usually in front of a live audience: performance art 2. an intentional environment created as a completed work of art: installation 3. artwork where ideas are the most important aspect of it: conceptual art 4. artwork created using found objects, junk, or other non-art materials: assemblage

Which of the following were John Cage's innovations in the arts?

1. his emphasis on chance and performance 2. his employment of multiple art forms 3. his compositions with silence

What form do the artworks from early in Vito Acconci's career take?

1. performances based on situations and sets of actions he designed for himself 2. documentation of events, including notes and photographs

Joseph Beuys's 1974 action Coyote, I Like America and America Likes Me expresses what specific underlying meaning(s) or intention(s)?

1. the activation of a process of spiritual healing and reconciliation 2. the incorporation of social commentary and political activism into the realm of art

How, if at all, does performance art differ from theatrical performance?

1. the way its outcomes are often determined by chance 2. the venue(s) where it takes place

What was Swiss artist Joseph Tinguely interested in exploring in his conceptual 1960 work Homage to New York?

Impermanence, accident, and uncertainty

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 of the following statements most accurately describes the nature of Marina Abramović's art?

They are performances that test her mental and physical abilities

This 2010 solo performance by Marina Abramović lasted more than two months.

True