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

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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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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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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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 was the name of the British Pop Art group that emerged in the 1950s?

The Popular Artists The Independent Group The Dependent Group The Pop Artists

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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 installation art?

An environment which surrounds the viewer and unifies a whole space A marble statue When something is installed somewhere forever It’s a kind of painting

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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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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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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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Surrealism was an art movement which was interested in exploring...

Land art How the human body works The unconscious mind Politics

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What items did Christo and Jeanne-Claude wrap to draw people’s attention to their everyday surroundings?

Plants Buildings, bridges and landmarks Food Presents

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