Art Section 2 & 3 Flashcards
The Creators of Land Mark (Foot Prints) (2002) went under the partnered name of “Allora & Calazadilla” What were their first names?
Jennifer Allora, Guillermo Calzadilla
When was One of the “Land Mark (Foot Prints)” creators , Alora born and where?
Philadelphia 1974
When was One of the “Land Mark (Foot Prints)” creators , Calazadilla born and where?
Havana, Cuba 1971
What was the extended series (Including “Land Mark (Foot Prints)”) Allora & Calazadilla created about?
Land Use on Puerto Rico
What happened during the Second World War, that caused a “Civil Disobedience Campaign” to begin in the 1970. That lead to the creation of “Land Mark (Foot Prints)”?
The United states military took possession of Vieques to use as a location to test and store weapons. This caused great harm to the residents and environment of the area.
Who lead the “Civil Disobedience Campaign” in 1970s?
Vieques Fisherman’s Association
The works with Images included a map of Vieques with Two large “X’s” what do these “X’s” point too?
The Western side had the Storage Area, and the Eastern side has the Bombing Range.
How did Allora & Calzadilla document “Land Mark (Foot Prints)”?
They photographed the imprints, and displayed their artwork via two sets of twelve. This sets can be displayed separately.
What kind of ground was the footprints left on for “Land Mark (Foot Prints)”?
Sand
In the United States, landscape paintings were made to harness what 19th century belief?
Manifest Destiny
Where was “Land Mark (Foot Prints) created?
Puerto Rico. (specifically Vieques island)
When did the civil disobedience campaign start that eventually made “Land Mark (Foot Prints)”?
1970s
When was “Land Mark (Foot Prints) made?
2002
How many images are in the series of art works “Land Mark (Foot Prints)”
- (2 sets of 12)
On one of the soles of the shoes in “Land Mark (Foot Prints)”, An image of the Apollo 11 crew planting the US flag on the moon. why is this related to the protest on Cuba?
It shows US colonialism. They planted the flag on the moon & they are planting their flag on Cuba.
In 2005, Allora & Caldzadilla (Creators of “Land Mark (Foot Prints)”) created a 6 minute video still talking about the US military occupation of Vieques entitled..
Under Discussion
During the making of “Land Mark (Foot Prints)”, Allora & Caldzilla posed 4 questions to the audience. What is one of them?
“How is land differentiated from other land by the way it is marked? Who decides what is worth preserving and what is destroyed? What are the strategies for reclaiming marked land? How does one articulate an ethics & politics of land use?
“How is land differentiated from other land by the way it is marked? Who decides what is worth preserving and what is destroyed? What are the strategies for reclaiming marked land? How does one articulate an ethics & politics of land use?
1965 St. Mary Ontario Canada
To what group of indigenous people does Kent Monkmen identify as?
Cree
What natural Water feature dose “the forth world” show?
A waterfall
What feature of style of clothing do the humans in “the forth world” have
There wearing camouflage
How many people appear in “The forth world”
Three
What types of animals appear in “The forth world
Bison, horses, and humans
What act are the men in “The forth world” said to be doing
“Playing Indian”
What other painting served as a based for “The forth world”
Cho-looke, the Yosemite falls
In “The forth world” what real world event dose the inclusion of The Clara-Clara sculpture represent
The mass killing of bison the took place during the 1800s
Who is the artist of the selected work “Battle for the Woodlands”, 2014–2015?
Bonnie Devine
Where and when was Bonnie Devine (the artist of our selected work “Battle for the Woodlands”, 2014-2015) born?
she was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, in 1952
What is the name of the First Nation group that Bonnie Devine (the artist of our selected work “Battle for the Woodlands”, 2014-2015)? Hint: think of where she was born
Serpent River First Nation of Northern Ontario (Anishinaabe/Ojibwa)
As an installation artist, Bonnie Devine (the artist of our selected work “Battle for the Woodlands”, 2014-2015) has done many installations. One of her first site-specific installations include Reclamation Project (which shows a bunch of sod draped across different parts of Ontario), was in response to what? Describe the events that took place.
she said that she made the Reclamation Project in reponse to the Ipperwash Crisis (Ontario Province Police acting against an Indeginous protest at Camp Ipperwash in Kettle and Stony Point First Nation in 1995) this had resulted in Dudley George’s death as he was shot. This resulted in Bonnie Devine temporily (for about 10 minutes, long enough to get a polariod) installing six rolls of sod at various sites.
In the selected art work “Battle for the Woodlands”, 2014-2015”, what are the five aquatic animals that Bonnie Devine depicts in red oxide paint as living in the Five Great Lakes despite only two being shown on the map?
buffalo, otter, turtle, rabbit, leviathan
As a site specific installation, where is the selected work “Battle for the Woodlands”, 2014-2015 located?
in its own room at the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario
Similarly to Rebecca Belmore and Ana Mediata, Devine’s (artist of our selected work “Battle for the Woodlands”, 2014–2015) work resists what?
the notion that sites should or even can be possessed as her work was not permanent in a site or even possessing it
What is Bonnie Devine’s current job since 2008? (remember she is the installation artist of our selected work “Battle for the Woodlands”, 2014-2015)
she has taught at Ontario College of Art and Design University (OCAD) and served as a Founding Chair of its Indigenous Visual Culture Program
In our selected work, “Battle for the Woodlands”, 2014-2015, has a colonial map that draws divisions within the territory. Devine’s representation of animals, people, land, and water in co-existence contrast with this by creating ________?
connection rather than separation
What type of artist is Will Wilson?
Will Wilson is a contemporary Diné (Navajo) artist.
What did Will Wilson study in college and what colleges did he attend?
Will Wilson attended Oberlin College and studied photography, sculpture, and art history and got his bachelor’s degree in studio art and art history in 1993 and earned a Master of Fine Arts degree at the University of New Mexico in 2002.
What series is Church Rock Spill Evaporation Ponds by Will Wilson apart of?
Church Rock Spill Evaporation Ponds is a part of a photographic series called “Survey”.
What type of image is Church Rock Spill Evaporation Ponds?
Church Rock Spill Evaporation Ponds is an aerial view, meaning that it is a photographic image shot from above, in the sky.
What happened on July 16, 1979 in Arizona?
The dam holding contaminated water at the Church Rock uranium mill breached, releasing more than 93 million gallons of radioactive liquid into the Puerco River, traveling eighty miles downstream to Navajo County, Arizona and on to the Navajo Nation.
How many tons of uranium ore were extracted from mines on the lands of the Navajo Nation? (Church Rock Spill Evaporation Ponds)
Four milllion tons.
How far was the radiation detected? (Church Rock Spill Evaporation Ponds)
As far away as Sanders, Arizona, fifty miles down stream.
How long after Three Mile Island did the Church Rock spill occur?
Less than four months.
How many mines have been abandoned? (Church Rock Spill Evaporation Ponds)
More than 500.
What is Dinetah called by U.S. law?
Navajo Nation
Where did Three Mile Island occur?
Pennsylvania
The activities of the military and mining industries perpetuate which false assumption?
That the indigenous peoples of North America exist only in the past.
Which photographer exhibited stereotyped portraits of Native American subjects.
Edward S. Curtis
What technique did Wilson use in his portraits in response to Curtis’s perception of Native American identity?
Wet plate collodion photographs
What is the wet plate collodion technique?
It creates a glass-plate negative measuring eight inches by ten inches in the camera.
Where does Wilson display his portrait photographs using the wet plate collodion technique?
On his personal, artist’s website
What do Wilson’s portraits seek?
To humanize pictures of people who historically have been dehumanized.
Wilson’s approach in portraits is similar to the photographic projects of which person?
LaToya Ruby Frazier
What is technique Appropriation in art?
An artistic technique in which one artist strategically uses the form of another artwork to give it a new meaning.
When did the term “Appropriation” (artistic technique) began to be commonly used?
In the 1980s
What part of Kent Monkman’s painting is colored with copper?
The walls through which the bison ran are copper-colored.
What art work does the copper walls in Kent Momkman’s painting are a copy of?
They are a copy of the artwork Clara-Clara (1983) by Richard Serra.
What copper like color is used in the Clara-Clara artwork by Richard Serra?
The weather color of rusted COR-TEB steel
Where was Tilted arc by Richard Serra originally installed?
In lower Manhattan
How did Native American hunters traditionally kill bison?
They would used the land like directing bison towards a cliff.
Where was the Clara-Clara originally placed at?
The Beaubourg area of Paris
Where was the Clara Clara moved to in 2008?
Pari’s Tuileries Garden for the exhibition Monumenta 2008
Devine is interested in what?
in bringing together Indigenous art-making practices, collective memory, and environmental impact through multi- media installations
When did Devine create Battle for the Woodlands?
2014-2015
what is the Battle for the Woodlands
maple and willow wood
Where is Battle for the Woodlands in?
Art Gallery of Ontario
Devine depicts the entire aquatic system of the five Great Lakes which five animals?
buffalo, otter, turtle, rabbit, and leviathan
What are the animals depicting the Great Lakes painted with?
in red oxide
A final element of the painting shows dozens of animals, including ____.
deer, bison, bear, and rabbits
Devine describes this migration as what?
“catastrophic habitat loss”
Devine shows the implications of what?
forced occupation
What role did Will Wilson hold at Santa Fe Community College?
He was the Head of Photography.
What does the term “tailings” refer to in the context of uranium mining?
Radioactive waste products from uranium mining containing heavy metals and radium.
What was the immediate effect of the Church Rock spill on local wildlife?
Sheep died, and crops along the riverbanks were damaged.
Which government body acknowledged the ongoing environmental hazards faced by the Navajo people?
The U.S. Government Accountability Office.
How did Wilson’s work contribute to public awareness of environmental issues?
By bringing attention to the toxicity of the Church Rock spill and its lingering effects.
What misconception does Wilson’s series “Survey” challenge about the land of Dinétah?
That it is unpopulated and not affected by mining activities.
What type of visual systems does Will Wilson incorporate into his contemporary art?
Randomization and projection of complex visual systems within virtual environments.
What significant historical period does Wilson reference regarding Edward S. Curtis?
The years from 1907 to 1930 when Curtis produced his work on Native Americans.
What is the significance of the title “Church Rock Spill Evaporation Ponds” in relation to environmental activism?
The title highlights the ongoing environmental impact of uranium mining and raises awareness about the toxic legacy left in the wake of industrial activities on Indigenous lands.
What is the name of the project created by the newly formed Environmental Protection Agency in the 1970s’ and has produced more than 20,000 photos of American pollution, infrastructure, and wilderness?
Documerica project
Who spent three-years on a project in Minamata, Japan, photographing the effects of mercury poisoning from a local factory?
W. Eugene Smith
In art, what is a tool used to record and communicate environmental damage? (Hint: think of the Eugen Smith’s time in Japan and the Documerica project)
photography
In his series called “Midway”, Chris Jordan takes close-up photos of?
the plastic waste that is found in dead, decaying birds
What is the name of Yao Lu’s series that depicts mounds of garbage laden with green netting to appear like landscapes of traditional Chinese scroll paintings?
“New Landscapes”
What does the term “sublime” mean in terms of art? (Remember its history dates back to ancient philosophy)
refers to an overwhelming sense of awe at the magnifico of something that can be felt but not fully understood
The photographer Burtynsky creates colorful images of polluted rivers and waste produced from industrial mining that has been coined by scholars as a _____?
“toxic sublime”
What is the effect of a toxic sublime in environmental photography?
of making the extreme appearance of pollution beautiful and almost pleasurablle to look at
Who, besides the Harrisons–discussed in section 4, are one of the first artists in the postwar decades to articulate an explicitly ecological direction for art? (Hint: she is the artist behind our selected artwork “Wheatfield–A Confrontation: Battery Park Landfill, Downtown Manhattan–With Agnes Denes Standing in the Field”, 1982)
Agnes Dene
Studying at the New School and Columbia University Agnes Dene (the artist of “Wheatfield–A Confrontation: Battery Park Landfill, Downtown Manhattan–With Agnes Denes Standing in the Field”, 1982) began her career as a ______ before pursuing visual arts full-time
poet
How does Agnes Denes (the artist of “Wheatfield–A Confrontation: Battery Park Landfill, Downtown Manhattan–With Agnes Denes Standing in the Field”, 1982) describer her work Rice/Tree/Burial?
as a “manifesto”, which means it is a creative work that sets out an agenda for radical change
What is the name of the work created by Agnes Denes (the artist of our selected work: “Wheatfield–A Confrontation Battery Park Landfill, Downtown Manhattan–with Agnes Denes Standing in the Field”, 1982) that is one of the foundational works of contemporary ecological art?
Rice/Tree/Burial (1968)
Describe Anges Denes’s (the artist of our selected work Wheatfield–A Confrontation Battery Park Landfill, Downtown Manhattan–with Anges Denes Standing in the Field”, 1982) work Rice/Tree/Burial of 1968 that was carried out in Sullivan County, New York.
The Rice: the rice in the title is actual rice that Denes had planted in the ground as a gesture and actual means to sustain life The Tree: was a group of mature trees that Denes had wrapped in chains to create a zig-zag pattern of metal reaching up to the sky The Burial: was the burying of a haiku poem she had written (not kept record though)
What do the trees being chained in the work Rice/Tree/Burial (1968) by Agnes Denes (the artist of our selected work: “Wheatfield–A Confrontation: Battery Park Landfill, Downtown Manhattan–With Agnes denes Standing in the Field”, 1982) symbolize?
human damage and interference with the natural world
How come Agnes Denes (the artist of our selected work: “Wheatfield–A Confrontation: Battery Park Landfill, Downtown Manhattan–With Agnes Denes Standing in the Field”, 1982) did not keep a record of her poem that she buried (referencing the title) for her work Rice/Tree/Burial?
due to part of her expression being to give up human thought and the conventions of poetic form into the earth
What was the fourth element that Agnes Denes (the artist of our selected work “Wheatfield–A Confrontation: Battery Park Landfill, Downtown Manhattan–With Agnes Denes Standing in the Field”, 1982) added to her three-part artwork Rice/Tree/Burial?
involved the act of filming the precipice of Niagara Falls for a sustained period of seven days while propped out over the falls on a constructed ledge
Instead of time of time capsules Denes liked
trees
What did Denes propose?
a pattern of 10,000 trees, to be planted by 10,000 people
what country announced at the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro that it would sponsor her piece.
Finland
How many trees ended up being planted?
11,000
How long do the people who planted the trees own their individual tree?
400 years
Denes’s artwork continues to challenge the norms of how communities interact with local ecosystems and brings forth the possibility that works of art might do what?
span large swaths of time and space in their impact and reach.
True or False: Wheatfield is a work of fiction.
False
What is Denes’s most ambitious project?
tree mountain
What did Denes’s photographs of Wheatfield look like?
manipulated images and/or collages
What significant environmental issue did the Documerica project focus on?
American pollution and its impact on infrastructure and wilderness.
What kind of art does Chris Jordan create in his “Midway” series?
Close-up photographs highlighting the plastic waste found in dead birds
Which artist’s work is referred to as the “toxic sublime”?
Edward Burtynsky, known for his images of polluted environments
What was the purpose of Denes’s project Rice/Tree/Burial?
To act as a manifesto for ecological awareness and change
How did Agnes Denes symbolize human interference with nature in her artwork?
By wrapping mature trees in chains
What concept does the term “Eco-Logic” refer to in Denes’s work?
The combination of philosophical concepts and ecological concerns in art.
What land did Denes use for her Wheatfield project, and what was its historical significance?
Land under the World Trade Center, previously a polluted landfill
What unusual element did Denes incorporate into her second iteration of Rice/Tree/Burial?
A time capsule encased in concrete
