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

British artist Cornelia Parker transforms everyday objects so we can look at them in with fresh eyes. She often does this through...

An act of violence or destruction Making copies of objects Hiding objects Writing about them

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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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Which artists took Pop Art to a whole new level by making everyday objects into sculptures on a superhuman scale?

Peter Fischli and David Weiss Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Broggen Gilbert and George Jane and Louise Wilson

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When artists such as Picasso and Braque showed objects from different perspectives at the same time in the same picture this was called...

Post-impressionism Impressionism Cubism Dadaism

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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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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 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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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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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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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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What filming technique was used by Sam Taylor-Johnson over several days when she made Still Life (2001)?

Timelapse Stop motion animation Fast motion video 3D animation

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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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