Final Quiz Modern and Contemporary Still Life – Art of the Everyday

What is the name of Mark Dion’s artwork, which involved working with a group of volunteers to gather material in London?

Tate Thames Dig Down the River Cabinet of Curiosities Furniture

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Which of the following artists pioneered using found objects like newspapers and wallpaper to make collages?

Pablo Picasso Andy Warhol Dorothea Tanning Leonardo da Vinci

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What are the objects in Singapore-born artist Simryn Gill’s artwork Channel #23?

Shells from the Malaysian mangrove shoreline Seaweed from the Malaysian mangrove shoreline Starfish from the Malaysian mangrove wetlands Rubbish from the Malaysian mangrove Forest

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Artists such as Damien Hirst still make artwork about death and mortality. They are modern day versions of the still life theme...

Readymades Genre painting Vanitas and Memento Mori Found objects

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According to Marcel Duchamp and likeminded artists, anything could be used to make art because...

They hated using paint It was cheaper If they said it was art, it was art Other people said it was not art

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Which of the following objects would represent the fleeting nature of life in a vanitas or memento mori painting?

A map A cat A tapestry An hourglass

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What is the name of this artwork by Swiss artists Peter Fischli and David Weiss, made in 1987?

A chain reaction The Way Things Go Whoosh! The Kettle’s Boiling!

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What does ‘Natura Morta’, the Italian word for Still Life, mean?

Everyday life Dead Nature Quiet life Dead animals

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Which landmark did Christo and Jeanne-Claude wrap as their last piece of work in 2021?

Trafalgar Square's column in London The Vatican Church in Rome A Pyramid in Giza The Arc de Triomphe in Paris

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Conceptual art became popular in the 1960s and 1970s. What is the genre most concerned with?

Media and techniques The environment Ideas Abstraction

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What is the name of this work made by Korean-born artist Nam June Paik using metal irons in 1974?

Flux Fleet Travel Ships in the night Irons

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Surrealism was an art movement which was interested in exploring...

Land art How the human body works The unconscious mind Politics

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