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ARTH408 Final Exam (Contemporary Art)
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Multiple Choice Questions on contemporary art and visual culture from the 1960 to 2010 in both the western and global context, with particular emphasis on the specific aesthetic and social issues of the contemporary period.

ARTH408 Final Exam (Contemporary Art)
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1. What does the term 'white cube' refer to in relation to the Museum of Modern Art?
2. What was the most important contribution of feminist interventions?
3. If we define the performance in the seventies primarily as an exploration of artist's body and its psycho-social positioning in the world, what would be the way to define the performance in the 21st century?
4. What was the significance and role of the Situationists' détournement?
5. In one of her works, French performance artist Orlan uses technology in a very unorthodox and sophisticated way by undergoing a surgical intervention while the procedure is transmitted via webcam to Internet audiences around the world.This is in order to create a commentary on which of the following?
6. Where did the Arte Povera movement originate, and what were its main characteristics?
7. Choose the best answer to fill in the blank.While the artist's body has an important role in happening, action art, and performance, it dominates in the artistic genre of ______________.
8. According to Jean Fisher, what is the biggest contribution of Rasheed Araeen's exhibition 'The Other Story?'
9. In her inspirational article written in the seventies, Professor Linda Nochlin draws attention to which of the following?
10. Why did Jeff Koons title his artwork 'New Hoover Convertibles, New Shelton Wet/Drys 5-Gallon, Double Decker?'
11. Why is Lucy Lippard considered to be one of the most important contemporary art critics?
12. According to artists involved with it, what is the most important quality of public art?
13. What was the role of appropriation in postmodern rhetoric?
14. In what way does the artist Fred Wilson use the museum as the medium for his work?
15. Doris Salcedo, Colombian artist's most famous work to date, Shibboleth (2007, London, Tate Modern) was simply a 167m long crack in the floor of the gallery.Based on your understanding of this artist's work, what was the crack a metaphor for?
16. What happened to Abstract Expressionism during the Cold War?
17. How did the artistic genre of installation affect contemporary art practice?
18. What was the main outcome of culture wars?
19. What does Joseph Beuys's 'social sculpture' refer to?
20. The Dérive was another successful artistic strategy that the Situationists proposed.What did it consist of?
21. What does the term 'postmodernism' in studies of history refer to?
22. Why did Joseph Beuys entitle his actions 'social sculpture?'
23. According to Angela Davies, what did women artists address in their work in the seventies?
24. Bill Talen, also known as Reverend Billy, exclusively uses which of the following as a setting for his art?
25. In order to directly engage with the ordinary public, what did Barbara Kruger use?

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