Alea's choice >:)
Who painted the original Death of Marat
Jacques-Louis David
How did Bonnie Devine make her work Canoe?
She stitched together pages from her MFA thesis
Love Canal (BONUS: toxins were dumped by Hooker Chemical Company, now known as Occidental Petroleum Company)
What were the two reference points used in A Meter of Jungle?
1. Taxonomy, the branch of science focusing on classification 2. William Beebe's "war-bag"
Photographs from what two missions inspired Alma Thomas's "Space Paintings"
Apollo 10 and 11
Who were the Guerrilla Girls
an all-female New York-based performance artists who wore gorilla masks and used guerilla-warfare tactics to challenge male domination in the art world
Kenk Monkman identifies as a member of the...
Fisher River Cree Nation (he's a "Cree artist")
What did Senator Frank Murkowski compare the Arctic wilderness to? (hint: he was pro-drilling)
A blank white poster paper
How much was "Annlee" sold for?
One dollar
Describe Ana Mendieta's "Silueta" series.
A collection of photographs of the silhouette of Mendieta's body on the ground outlined using materials such as leaves, grass, mud, stones, etc.
Who made Tilted Arc and why was it removed?
-Richard Serra -It received complaints from local white-collar workers for being disruptive.
Members of what group lead the civil disobedience campaign against military occupation in Vieques?
Vieques Fisherman's Association
Describe Vik Muniz's "The Best of Life" series.
a series where Muniz would sketch an iconic photograph from his memory and then take a photograph (a photograph of a drawing of a memory of a photograph).
What was the Harrisons' Shrimp Farm a direct response to and where was it located?
Robert Smithson's Spiral Jetty in Utah's Great Salt Lake
What plant did Mel Chin plant to get heavy metals out of soil and why did it work?
Thlaspi. It worked because it's a type of hyperaccumulator that can absorb heavy metal particles
When and why was the Fundred Project created?
In 2006 after Hurricane Katrina to help end lead poisoning, especially for children.
Name the 5 animals depicting the Great Lakes in Bonnie Devine's Battle for the Woodlands.
1. Buffalo 2. Otter 3. Turtle 4. Rabbit 5. Leviathan
What was 66 Signs of Neon a direct response to?
The August 1965 Watts Rebellion in Los Angeles (bonus: Rebellion was in response to frustration regarding police brutality and socioeconomic conditions for African Americans)
What constellations are cut into the cylinders of Nancy Holt's Sun Tunnels? (HINT: one per cylinder)
Draco, Perseus, Columba, and Capricorn
What was the Kanesatake Resistance or Oka Crisis
A political standoff between the Indigenous Mohawk tribe and the Canadian government over the construction of a golf course and townhomes on a burial ground
What was Han Haacke's Ice Rope and why wasn't it successful?
It was an artwork that ran a rope from the top to the bottom of a waterfall, intending for the water spray to freeze on the rope and create a sculpture. However, the weather was too warm and the rope didn't freeze
What was the Three Mile Island?
An accident at a civilian nuclear power plant where half the fuel of one nuclear reactor melted on Three Mile Island near Harrisburg, PA
What did Agnes Denes do with the wheat she collected from Wheatfield- A Confrontation? At what exhibition did she do this?
She gave out the seeds of the wheat to visitors of "The International Art Show for the End of World Hunger" (organized by the Minnesota Museum of Art)
Why was the debut of Han Haacke's Shapolsky et al. Manhattan Real Estate Holdings, a Real-Time Social System, as of May 1, 1971 canceled?
What magazine did Latoya Ruby Frazier publish her photographs from Flint, Michigan to?
Elle magazine