Site-Specific
This work is the first in Rome, Italy and is feel of historical associations.
MAXXI National Museum of XXI Century Arts
This artwork incorporates neon signs associated with traveling on the interstate
Paik's Electronic Superhighway
What is Pipupso Lua Afe made with?
flattened cans of corned beef
This artist created Lying with the Wolf
Kiki Smith
This work was "Made in China"
Sunflower Seeds
To see this work you would need to travel to Spain.
Guggenheim Museum Bilbao
This work may be covered up but you can still see the scar it left
Shibboleth
This artwork uses Dutch wax fabric referencing European Imperialism
The Swing (After Fragonard)
This artist work is hanging in Florida
Frank Gehry primarily used this building material in the Guggenheim Bilbao to create a reflective effect
Titanium
En la Barberia no se Llora (No Crying in the Barber Shop) is associated with this term referring to exaggerated masculinity
Machismo
This installation addresses the atrocities human beings committed against others in the context of slavery
Kara Walker's Darkytown Rebellion
This artwork associated is hung differently in each exhibition and is associated with the Sankofa Movement
Old Man's Cloth
This artist created a mixed-media artwork by overlaying architectural plans, urban plans, photos, graffiti, maps, and abstract shapes
Julie Mehretu
The textile underneath the woman in Preying Mantra represents this
a traditional African textile - produced by Kuba people in Congo
This video installation uses high-speed film to capture extreme detail beyond the normal range of human perception with 300 frames per second
Bill Viola's The Crossing
What does the missing head reference in The Swing (After Fragonard)?
The use of the guillotine during the Reign of Terror
In Trade, what are the objects strung above the painting?
cheap trinkets symbolizing the exchange for lands that were lost
This artist created a series of mixed-media on Mylar
Wangechi Mutu Preying Mantra
This work is a retelling of a popular fairytale/folktale.
Lying with the Wolf
To see the Shibboleth you would need to go here.
Tate Modern in London England
What message did the Chinese characters in "Book from Sky" convey?
manipulation of language for propaganda
Why does the artist Magdalena Abakanowicz create androgynous figures?
to focus on humanity rather than gender
This artist depicts herself has a Japanese goddess.
Mariko Mori
In Pure Land, what does the lotus blossom represent?
A symbol of purity and rebirth and the Dead Sea