Week 15: Pop Art to the Present

Question 1

Andy Warhol

Answer 1

An American visual artist, film director and producer.
A leading figure in the pop art movement.
Used silkscreen printing to mass-produce art, merging high and low culture, and democratizing art.

Question 2

John Baldessari

Answer 2

American conceptual artist known for combining text and images.
His works, like “I Will Not Make Any More Boring Art,” questioned the nature of art and significantly influenced contemporary art practices.

Question 3

Martha Rosler

Answer 3

American artist known for video, installation, and photomontage works addressing social issues.
Her “Bringing the War Home” series critiques the Vietnam War, impacting feminist art and social critique.

Question 4

Donald Judd

Answer 4

American minimalist artist known for geometric forms made from industrial materials.
His “specific objects” emphasized viewer-artwork relationships, reshaping modern sculpture, and influencing installation art.

Question 5

Marcel Duchamp

Answer 5

A French American artist whose ready-mades, like “Fountain” (1917), revolutionized 20th-century art by challenging its definition.
His conceptual approach paved the way for contemporary conceptual art.

Question 6

Lida Abdul

Answer 6

Afghan American contemporary artist known for video, photography, and performance art exploring displacement and war. Her works, like “White House,” reflect war’s devastation and resilience, contributing to global art discourse.

Question 7

Pop Art

Answer 7

An art movement from the 1950s-60s that uses imagery from popular culture and mass media, such as advertising and comic books, often with bright colors and bold graphics.

Question 8

Minimalism

Answer 8

Artistic style objects are usually spare geometric forms, lack surface details and any discernible meaning

Question 9

Conceptualism or conceptual art

Answer 9

Includes anything; text photography and the actual exhibition space becomes part of the art.
Focuses on ideas over aesthetics, prioritizing the concept behind the work rather than the finished product.

Question 10

Dematerialization of art

Answer 10

The shift from physical objects to conceptual, process-based art.
Experiment with performance, sound etc.

Question 11

Readymade

Answer 11

An everyday object presented as art, pioneered by Marcel Duchamp to challenge traditional art concepts.

Question 12

Campbell’s Soup Cans
(Artist, date, material)

Answer 12

Artist: Andy Warhol
Date: 1962
Material: Acrylic on canvas

Question 13

Untitled
(Artist, date, material)

Answer 13

Artist: Donald Judd
Date: 1969
Material: Ten copper units

Question 14

Fountain
(Artist, date, material)

Answer 14

Artist: Marcel Duchamp
Date: 1917/1964
Material: Ceramic

Question 15

I Will Not Make Any More Boring Art
(Artist, date, material)

Answer 15

Artist: John Baldessari
Date:1971
Material: Lithograph

Question 16

White House I
(Artist, date, material)

Answer 16

Artist: Lida Abdul
Date: 2005
Material: Film