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What did Bonnie Devine use in her piece Canoe of 2003?
(bonus points for knowing the height of the Canoe)
Devine stitched together hundreds of pages of paper from her MFA thesis to form a 16 ft. canoe.
What is the technique called when you use another artist's artwork to create a different meaning?
Appropriation
In Agnes Denes's work called “Tree Mountain” (1982), how many trees were planted?
10,000 trees
In 2016, Frazier traveled to Flint, Michigan, and began her photographic series Flint is Family in response to ____________.
the city’s health crisis due to contaminated water
In "The Shrimp Farm" how many different pools were used and what was their difference?
4 different pools with different salt concentrations.
In the Rhine Water Purification Plant, 1972 the filter was composed of what kind of materials?
filtered composed of charcoal and sand
What is the primary theme for Sun Tunnels?
time
What was Snoopy Early Sun Display on Earth by Alma Thomas named after?
Named after the “Snoopy” lunar module from Apollo 10
The rice/tree/burial (1968) was symbolic of what kind of poem?
Haiku poem
In what shape are the cylinders configured?
(Bonus points for knowing the measurement)
Cylinders are configured in the shape of an X that measures eighty-six feet on the diagonal.
What was Banerjee's initial reason for visiting Churchill, in northern Manitoba, Canada?
To take pictures of polar bears.
In Will Wilson's, "Church Rock Spill Evaporation Ponds, Church Rock, New Mexico, Dinétah"(2019) What did he use to create his portraits?
His portraits were created using large-format wet plate collodion photography.
What was the purpose of Land Mark (Foot Prints)?
to protest the use of land in Vieques, Puerto Rico
The Church Rock Spill occurred in 1979, How many gallons of radioactive waste were released into the Puerco River?
Released 93 million gallons of radioactive waste into the Puerco River.
Ana Mendieta's artworks explored what two major issues?
issues of gender and identity
Who are the two artists and their artwork names, Kent Monkman uses in"The Fourth World"?
Bierstadt's 1864 painting "Cho-looke, the Yosemite Fall," depicting Yosemite Falls, and Richard Serra's 1983 artwork "Clara-Clara," featuring rusted COR-TEN steel walls.
Who was the first Indigenous person chosen to represent Canada at the Venice Biennale?
Rebecca Belmore
In 1991, artist Rebecca Belmore created this cone-shaped artwork, "Ayum-ee-aawach Oomama-mowan: Speaking to their Mother," inviting participants to amplify their voices and speak to the land. What was this cone made of?
cone made of wood and animal hide with an electronic megaphone
66 Signs of Neon was created in response to
The 1965 Watts rebellion
What are the two scientific methods Mark Dion critiques that harm the environment?
(200 for each)
Destruction of Habitat: Taking samples can damage fragile ecosystems, leading to biodiversity loss.
Disruption of Natural Processes: Removing organisms from their environment interrupts ecological processes and relationships.
What is Vik Muniz best known for?
He is best known for recreating famous photographs and works of art using unexpected materials.
In Hans Haacke's work of institutional critique named “Shapolsky et al Manhattan Real Estate Holdings. A Real Time Social System as of May 1, 1971" How many photographs and documents of apartment buildings did he comprise?
He comprised 146 photographs of apartment buildings in Manhattan and documents detailing the activities of one of New York’s biggest slumlords over many years
Vik Muniz “Pictures of Garbage” purpose was to
Raise awareness about the conditions of catadores and the importance of recycling, providing direct payment to the garbage pickers involved.
Name the four characteristics of Chin's practice that Unmoored brings together.
(125 for each characteristic)
Unmoored brings together and advances many of the characteristics of Chin’s practice, including
- interdisciplinary collaboration
- the experimental use of technology
- engagement with the site
- social and environmental activism.
What are the two forms of human life does Wheatfield - A Confrontation (1982) depicts?
dense city vs/ sparse farmland