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

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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Which of the following is not a category of still life?

Flower paintings Portraits Food and drink Household objects

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

Everyday life Dead Nature Quiet life Dead animals

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Which Pop artist, who loved repetition, said “I want to be a machine”.

Pauline Boty Andy Warhol Jackson Pollock Louise Bourgeois

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By including everyday materials and subjects like comics, movies and product packaging, Pop artists were trying to:

Break down the boundaries between high and low art Make people read comics Write pop songs Show an imaginary world

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What kinds of things did not inspire Pop artists?

Old landscape paintings Hollywood films Billboards Television

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Which of the following products did Pop artist Andy Warhol often feature in his work?

Marmite Kaboom cereal Pop-Tarts Campbell’s Soup

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Which British artist, interested in light and colour, created this still-life painting The Long Table with Fruit, in 1949?

Vanessa Bell Patrick Heron Frida Kahlo Henri Matisse

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To reflect comic strips and mass-produced printing methods, how did Roy Lichenstein use colour?

He chose them at random He only used black and white He used as many different colours as possible He mainly used primary colours

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What is surprising about this pile of socks photographed by German-born photographer Wolfgang Tillmans in 2003?

They really smell He stole them None of them fit him The arrangement of them is carefully staged

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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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