Final Quiz Contemporary Art - Art Explora Academy

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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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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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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Arte Povera artists created …

Works that are sold at a low price. In community. Using very little resources. In a very short time.

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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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The artist Jeff Koons is an heir of …

Pop Art Abstract Expressionism New Realism From Arte Povera.

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The artist Yves Klein has given his name to …

Yves Saint-Laurent’s company, of which he was co-founder. The blue that he patented under the name International Klein Blue. A big American off-the-peg brand. The Pompidou centre, renamed “Georges Pompidou-Yves Klein Museum.”

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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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Works by Arman, an iconic New Realist artist, are largely based on …

The re-use of objects. Monochrome. Classical painting techniques. The arts of fire.

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Op Art consisted in …

Creating works in a highly spontaneous, improvised manner. Using forms and colours to create optical illusions. Creating works under the influence of opium. Dismantling everyday objects and exhibiting the pieces as objects of art.

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The term “pop” in the Pop Art movement means …

Populist Fireman Pompous Popular

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

Deconstructions Constructions Implants Installations

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