Art Section 2 & 3 Flashcards

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The Creators of Land Mark (Foot Prints) (2002) went under the partnered name of “Allora & Calazadilla” What were their first names?

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Jennifer Allora, Guillermo Calzadilla

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When was One of the “Land Mark (Foot Prints)” creators , Alora born and where?

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Philadelphia 1974

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When was One of the “Land Mark (Foot Prints)” creators , Calazadilla born and where?

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Havana, Cuba 1971

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What was the extended series (Including “Land Mark (Foot Prints)”) Allora & Calazadilla created about?

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Land Use on Puerto Rico

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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)”?

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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.

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Who lead the “Civil Disobedience Campaign” in 1970s?

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Vieques Fisherman’s Association

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The works with Images included a map of Vieques with Two large “X’s” what do these “X’s” point too?

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The Western side had the Storage Area, and the Eastern side has the Bombing Range.

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How did Allora & Calzadilla document “Land Mark (Foot Prints)”?

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They photographed the imprints, and displayed their artwork via two sets of twelve. This sets can be displayed separately.

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What kind of ground was the footprints left on for “Land Mark (Foot Prints)”?

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Sand

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In the United States, landscape paintings were made to harness what 19th century belief?

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Manifest Destiny

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Where was “Land Mark (Foot Prints) created?

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Puerto Rico. (specifically Vieques island)

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When did the civil disobedience campaign start that eventually made “Land Mark (Foot Prints)”?

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1970s

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When was “Land Mark (Foot Prints) made?

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2002

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How many images are in the series of art works “Land Mark (Foot Prints)”

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  1. (2 sets of 12)
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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?

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It shows US colonialism. They planted the flag on the moon & they are planting their flag on Cuba.

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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..

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Under Discussion

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During the making of “Land Mark (Foot Prints)”, Allora & Caldzilla posed 4 questions to the audience. What is one of them?

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“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?

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“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?

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1965 St. Mary Ontario Canada

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To what group of indigenous people does Kent Monkmen identify as?

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Cree

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What natural Water feature dose “the forth world” show?

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A waterfall

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What feature of style of clothing do the humans in “the forth world” have

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There wearing camouflage

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How many people appear in “The forth world”

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Three

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What types of animals appear in “The forth world

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Bison, horses, and humans

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What act are the men in “The forth world” said to be doing

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“Playing Indian”

25
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What other painting served as a based for “The forth world”

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Cho-looke, the Yosemite falls

26
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In “The forth world” what real world event dose the inclusion of The Clara-Clara sculpture represent

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The mass killing of bison the took place during the 1800s

27
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Who is the artist of the selected work “Battle for the Woodlands”, 2014–2015?

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Bonnie Devine

28
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Where and when was Bonnie Devine (the artist of our selected work “Battle for the Woodlands”, 2014-2015) born?

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she was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, in 1952

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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

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Serpent River First Nation of Northern Ontario (Anishinaabe/Ojibwa)

30
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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.

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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.

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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?

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buffalo, otter, turtle, rabbit, leviathan

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As a site specific installation, where is the selected work “Battle for the Woodlands”, 2014-2015 located?

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in its own room at the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario

33
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Similarly to Rebecca Belmore and Ana Mediata, Devine’s (artist of our selected work “Battle for the Woodlands”, 2014–2015) work resists what?

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the notion that sites should or even can be possessed as her work was not permanent in a site or even possessing it

34
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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)

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she has taught at Ontario College of Art and Design University (OCAD) and served as a Founding Chair of its Indigenous Visual Culture Program

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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 ________?

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connection rather than separation

36
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What type of artist is Will Wilson?

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Will Wilson is a contemporary Diné (Navajo) artist.

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What did Will Wilson study in college and what colleges did he attend?

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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.

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What series is Church Rock Spill Evaporation Ponds by Will Wilson apart of?

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Church Rock Spill Evaporation Ponds is a part of a photographic series called “Survey”.

39
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What type of image is Church Rock Spill Evaporation Ponds?

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Church Rock Spill Evaporation Ponds is an aerial view, meaning that it is a photographic image shot from above, in the sky.

40
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What happened on July 16, 1979 in Arizona?

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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.

41
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How many tons of uranium ore were extracted from mines on the lands of the Navajo Nation? (Church Rock Spill Evaporation Ponds)

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Four milllion tons.

42
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How far was the radiation detected? (Church Rock Spill Evaporation Ponds)

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As far away as Sanders, Arizona, fifty miles down stream.

43
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How long after Three Mile Island did the Church Rock spill occur?

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Less than four months.

44
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How many mines have been abandoned? (Church Rock Spill Evaporation Ponds)

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More than 500.

45
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What is Dinetah called by U.S. law?

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Navajo Nation

46
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Where did Three Mile Island occur?

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Pennsylvania

47
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The activities of the military and mining industries perpetuate which false assumption?

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That the indigenous peoples of North America exist only in the past.

48
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Which photographer exhibited stereotyped portraits of Native American subjects.

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Edward S. Curtis

49
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What technique did Wilson use in his portraits in response to Curtis’s perception of Native American identity?

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Wet plate collodion photographs

50
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What is the wet plate collodion technique?

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It creates a glass-plate negative measuring eight inches by ten inches in the camera.

51
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Where does Wilson display his portrait photographs using the wet plate collodion technique?

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On his personal, artist’s website

52
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What do Wilson’s portraits seek?

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To humanize pictures of people who historically have been dehumanized.

53
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Wilson’s approach in portraits is similar to the photographic projects of which person?

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LaToya Ruby Frazier