AP Art History : Identifying artists, works, or schools of twentieth- and twenty-first-century sculpture
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Example Question #1 : Identifying Artists, Works, Or Schools Of Twentieth And Twenty First Century Sculpture
The American sculptor known for making large, stainless steel figures with a mirror finish, usually of kitsch and pop culture subjects, is named __________.
Damien Hirst
George Segal
Mike Leavitt
Jeff Koons
Jeff Koons
Jeff Koons is a controversial modern sculptor, as he has often turned his eye to pop culture subjects considered outside the realm of high art. Notably, he has a series called "Banality," and has constructed immense metallic sculptures of balloons twisted into animal shapes. While his subjects tend to be "lighter" compared to his contemporaries, like George Segal, Koons' skill with steel and his non-traditional subjects have been highly influential on younger generations of artists, including Damien Hirst and Mike Leavitt.
Example Question #2 : Identifying Artists, Works, Or Schools Of Twentieth And Twenty First Century Sculpture
Which twentieth-century artist is responsible for the 1917 sculpture Fountain, which features a urinal?
Francis Picabia
Pablo Picasso
Marcel Duchamp
Reginald Mutt
Man Ray
Marcel Duchamp
Duchamp is responsible for this three-dimensional art piece. The piece was signed "R. Mutt," but the origin of this signature is still debated, though it is said to stand for Richard Mutt.
Example Question #3 : Identifying Artists, Works, Or Schools Of Twentieth And Twenty First Century Sculpture
Where was Christo and Jeanne-Claude's installation art piece The Gates located when installed?
Chicago's Millenium Park
New York's Central Park
Los Angeles's Griffith Park
New York's Union Square Park
London's Hyde Park
New York's Central Park
Christo and Jeanne-Claude's installation art piece The Gates was set up in 2005.
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Example Question #4 : Identifying Artists, Works, Or Schools Of Twentieth And Twenty First Century Sculpture
Dan Flavin was well-known for his art composed of what commonplace objects?
Urinals
Trash
Vacuums
Fluorescent light tubes
Telephones
Fluorescent light tubes
Dan Flavin's fluorescent light tube sculptures used the objects' eerie glow to give the area around them an unusual energy. Marcel Duchamp is famous for his urinal readymade "Fountain," while Jeff Koons employed vacuums in his early work. Dali created a Lobster Telephone, and trash art is a genre unto itself.
Example Question #5 : Identifying Artists, Works, Or Schools Of Twentieth And Twenty First Century Sculpture
Kara Walker's 2014 "A Subtlety" was a sugar sculpture depicting a woman in the pose of what creature?
Sphinx
Unicorn
Mermaid
Centaur
Dragon
Sphinx
"A Subtlety" was housed in an old sugar plant and depicted a slave woman naked except for a headscarf in the pose of a Sphinx. The sculpture fused ancient art with the abuses of American slavery in a massive sculpture.
Example Question #742 : Ap Art History
______________ is the Pop Artist best known for "Pop Sculpture."
James Rosenquist
Claes Oldenburg
Roy Lichtenstein
Andy Warhol
Claes Oldenburg
Claes Oldenburg is best known for Pop Art sculptures of everyday objects and more specifically his "soft sculptures". His soft sculptures consisted of creating large, everyday objects so they collapse like a deflating balloon.
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