Vocabulary and Grammar
A sculpture representing a human or an animal.
What is a statue?
Of course, sometimes public art is there simply because it’s beauty brings people _____________.
What is pleasure?
Banksy was born in this country.
What is England?
Toby: _______________?
Kru Maggie: It's kind of far, actually. It's in Lampang.
What is "Where is it?"
We read an article about street artists in Brazil. Name the city.
What is Rio de Janeiro?
Statues are often built in ______________.
What is "public places"?
Art goes beyond just making a place look pretty; art can change ___________.
What is "society"?
Name one social issue that Banksy's art addresses.
What is poverty, inequality, the plight of refugees, war and its effects, imperialism, animal rights, etc.
Judy: ________________?
Wata: It’s really interesting. There are two huge towers at each end of a pool. Video screens on the towers show people spitting water into the pool.
What is "What's it like?" or "What is it?"
These artists often create beautiful painting on the walls of buildings, called ____________.
What is "mural(s)"?
Change "has been" into past simple tense.
What is "was"?
In 2014, British artist Paul Cummins and Tom Piper placed 888,246 ceramic poppies on the ground around the Tower of London. The temporary display of artwork was in honor of the hundred-year anniversary of the start of World War I.
What did each poppy represent?
What is "a soldier who died in the war"?
Banksy has always wanted to make sure his art can be _________ by as many people as possible.
What is "viewed"?
Toby: Who ____________ it?
Judy: It was ___________ by a Spanish artist named Jaume Plensa.
What is "designed"?
In 2014, Rio de Janeiro became the first place to ___________ graffiti in places such as skateparks and the walls that surround construction sites.
What is "legalize"?
A synonym for the verb "take down."
What is "remove"?
In 2010, the Icelandic artist Bjargey Olafsdottir created Red Polar Bear on the Langjokull glacier in Iceland. It showed the red outline of a polar bear on the snow. The very large bear- 80m. (262ft.) by 50m. (164ft.)- was made out of red food dye.
What was Olafsdottir trying to make people think about? Or, what issue was he raising awareness about?
What is global climate change?
Another one of the artist’s objectives is to make art a more accessible world for people, where everyone is _______ to express their talent.
What is "free"?
You want to visit a famous building in Chicago because it was designed by a famous architect. You aren't sure if the designer was the same as the builder. But your friend knows! How can you ask them for this information?
What is "Who designed it and who built it?"
What was the main idea of the article, "The City That Loves Street Art"?
1. Some of the laws about street art in Rio de Janeiro.
2. Details of different street art projects.
3. A description of the positive effects of street art in Rio de Janeiro.
4. Ways that tourists can enjoy street art in Rio de Janeiro.
What is 3. A description of the positive effects of street art in Rio de Janeiro.?
He (to work) on art projects ________ the 1990’s.
What is "has worked" and "since"?
Which of the following reasons for creating public art was NOT mentioned in the article?
1. To send a message
2. To make people aware of a situation
3. To make the artist feel better about themselves
4. To bring people pleasure
What is 3: To make the artist feel better about themselves.
Banksy is known for using this tool to create his artwork: a piece of paper or plastic with patterns cut into it, that you use to paint patterns onto a surface.
What is the name for this tool?
What is a stencil?
Artists who create public art often see their work taken down after some time. What is the opposite of "taken down"?
What is "put up"?
In what year did Rio de Janeiro legalize graffiti in some places.
What is "2014"?