Chapter 22: Art in the 21st Century: A Global Perspective Flashcards
The phenomenon of globalization has created a world in which cultures are distant from one another, and much of contemporary art on the global stage is directed toward ignorance, indifference and intolerance.
a. True
b. False
b. False
As we consider works of art in the 21st century, we will add to our critical rubric concepts such as:
a. hybridity.
b. all of these choices.
c. high art and low culture.
d. appropriation.
e. post-colonialism.
b. all of these choices.
An artist whose work embraces the concept of hybridity includes:
a. Takashi Murakami
b. Jeff Koons
c. Damien Hirst
a. Takashi Murakami
____________, like Andy Warhol, questions the separation of high art and low culture in his manipulation of ordinary, familiar (and cheaply produced) objects.
Jeff Koons
“yBa” generation (young British artists) artist ________ makes conceptual and installation art that aims to challenge traditional aesthetics, ethics, morality, and taste.
a. Takashi Murakami
b. Jeff Koons
c. Damien Hirst
c. Damien Hirst
______’s sculpture, which is a diamond-encrusted skull titled For the Love of God, fits with the artist’s penchant for anatomy and sensation.
Damien Hirst
Iranian born __________________ has devoted much of her work to issues concerning gender roles in post-revolutionary Islamic society, which can be seen in her photo-work series Women of Allah.
a. Shirin Neshat
b. Zaha Hadid
c. Kara Walker
a. Shirin Neshat
Among the 21st century women architects to become infamous includes:
a. Shirin Neshat
b. Zaha Hadid
c. Kara Walker
b. Zaha Hadid
As an African American woman artist, ________ has experienced much of her life in terms of black and white, and produces much of her art in this dichotomous palette, such as her work Insurrection! (Our Tools Were Rudimentary, Yet We Pressed On), which recounts some grisly events taken from the history of slavery in the United States.
Kara Walker
Artists throughout the world today, are more than ever, influenced by their knowledge of what is happening in the political world at large, and by their awareness of the art world all around them—past and present.
a. True
b. False
a. True
