Final Quiz Contemporary Art - Art Explora Academy

To paint, Jackson Pollock practised the technique of …

Dripping Splashing Pouring Flowing

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How did artist Damien Hirst develop his fascination with death?

After a near-death experience. By working at the morgue. By moving close to a cemetery. When his mother died.

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From the 60s onwards, sculpture changed, taking the form of …

Deconstructions Constructions Implants Installations

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In his works of art, the artist Gerhard Richter particularly addressed the issue of ………

The meaning of existence. The body in the art of performance. The importance of gestures in painting. Use of video images.

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In her first artistic performance, The Sleepers, Sophie Calle …

Invited 28 people to sleep in her bed in turn and took photographs of them. Stayed in bed day and night for 3 months, continuously filmed. Turned up the volume of the music every night to prevent the neighbours from sleeping Sneaked into her friends’ bedrooms during the night to take photos of them.

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According to its founder, Pierre Restany, New Realism is …

"A power that has a purpose and must serve the evolution and refinement of the human" “A poetic recycling of urban, industrial and advertising reality”. “A great destructive, negative work to be done”. “A new beauty, the beauty of speed.”

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According to the painter de Kooning, which artist opened up the way for all the abstract Expressionists?

Frank Stella Louise Bourgeois Mark Rothko Jackson Pollock

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What has changed in sculpture compared with installations?

The sculptures may no longer be moved, now that they are installed. An installation is always a combination of several media: sound, images, lights... The work is also created to change our perception of the place where it is presented. The work must be exhibited and viewed in a gallery.

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New Realism is a ……… movement

French American German Switzerland

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Several buildings in Paris such as the Philharmonic Orchestra building or the Quai-Branly Museum, are the work of architect …

Frank Lloyd Wright Le Corbusier Zaha Hadid Jean Nouvel

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Who does the photographer Cindy Sherman use as a model most of the time?

Her partner. Her artist friends. A rag doll. Herself.

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Artist Sophie Calle often tells stories …

Leaving free rein to her imagination. Of which she is the main subject. related to night and sleeping. That are highly documented, on the ways of life of the peoples across the world.

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