Contemporary Critiques
Material Matters
Identity and Tradition
Conceptual Connections
Global Perspectives
100
In the work Preying Mantra, Wangechi Mutu used patterned shapes and collage elements to achieve this effect on the figure.
What is camouflage it into the background?
100
El Anatsui uses these discarded objects in Old Man's Cloth to represent the transatlantic slave trade.
What are liquor bottle caps?
100
Jean-Michel Basquiat’s Horn Players shows continuity with medieval religious art by adopting this three-part format. 
What is a triptych?
100
Maya Lin intended for the form of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial to represent this type of physical injury. 
What is a wound (or a gash) that will heal over time?
100
Shirin Neshat’s Rebellious Silence uses this type of balance, where a vertical gun divides the image into two mirroring halves.
What is symmetrical balance?
200
Yinka Shonibare’s The Swing (after Fragonard) uses Dutch wax fabric and a headless figure to question the morality of this.
What is excess wealth (or the legacy of colonialism)?
200
Zaha Hadid’s MAXXI Museum references Roman architectural history through the use of this specific building material.
What is concrete?
200
This artist’s History Portraits series uses photography instead of painting to comment on art historical models.
Who is Cindy Sherman?
200
According to Nam June Paik, the United States is united more by this than by actual roads.
What is electronic mass media? Neon signs, lights, film, photos, travel lodges.
200
Doris Salcedo’s Shibboleth—a massive crack in the floor of the Tate Modern—is often interpreted as relating to this specific human experience.
What is the immigrant experience or separation of people?
300
This 1992 work by Jaune Quick-to-See Smith uses a canoe and pop-culture objects to critique Native American stereotypes.
What is Trade (Gifts for Trading Land with White People)?
300
Song Su-nam’s Summer Trees connects to traditional Korean art because the artist used these instead of a pouring technique.
What are brushes?
300
Kiki Smith's Lying with the Wolf reinterprets the narrative of this famous fairy tale.
What is Little Red Riding Hood?
300
In A Book from the Sky, Xu Bing confronted viewers with thousands of these "meaningless" characters.
What are invented Chinese characters?
300
To express a connection to a medium typically linked to women, this artist created Dancing at the Louvre as a mixed-media story quilt.
Who is Faith Ringgold?
400
Wangechi Mutu collages photographic imagery from ethnographic and media sources to produce a critique of this specific subject.
What is the representation of women's bodies and cultural norms?
400
These millions of tiny porcelain sculptures by Ai Weiwei were each individually handcrafted in Jingdezhen.
What are Sunflower Seeds (or Kui Hua Zi)?
400
Pepon Osorio’s installation En la Barberia no se Llora challenges traditional notions of masculinity in this specific culture.
What is Puerto Rican culture? Hispanic Culture.
400
This 1994 painting by Emily Kame Kngwarreye is characterized by "dense gestural marks" and swaths of dots. 
What is Earth's Creation?
400
Michel Tuffery’s sculpture Pisupa Lua Afe is constructed from these everyday items to comment on the harmful impact of foreign, mass-produced products on Pacific Islanders.
What are corned beef cans?
500
Michel Tuffery and Jaune Quick-to-See Smith both incorporate everyday items in their work to comment on this historical legacy.
What is the legacy of colonialism?
500
Faith Ringgold chose this specific medium for Dancing at the Louvre to link her work to traditions typically associated with women.
What is a story quilt/quilt painting
500
Mariko Mori’s Pure Land signals an interest in Buddhism through the inclusion of this symbolic flower.
What is the lotus flower?
500
The Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao was created by this famous architect, who also created the Disney Music Hall in Downtown Los Angeles.
Who is Frank Gehry?
500
This artist uses large silhouette cutouts and light projections to enhance her message of slavery and the mistreatment of Africans in the south.
Who is Kara Walker?