Worksheets 36 

Post-Modernism   Parts 2 & 3

Questions are not in the order of the reading, you will have to read through and then answer the questions. Some questions may refer back to issues in part 1.

1. Who or what are the Guerrilla Girls? 

2. What heritage does the work of Jeff Koons show?

3. What artist used the technique of benday dots and why?

4. How does the work of Wojnarowicz confront the viewer?

5. How does Mark Tansey’s A Short History of Modernist Painting describe modernism?

6. How did the public react to Richard Serra’s Tilted Arc as public art? Explain.

7. What was the purpose of Judy Chicago’s The Dinner Party?

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8. How does Frank Gehry’s Guggenheim Museum located in Bilbao, Spain conform to the Deconstructivist agenda?

9. How does Jenny Holzer respond to Post Modernism?

10. What is the artistic issue of Environmental art—sometimes called Earth art or earthworks?

11. The work of Adrian Piper is provocative and confrontational. What is her motivation for her pronouncement, “I’m black?”

12. Describe the Portland Building located in Portland Oregon.  What did critic’s say about it?.

13.What medium does Cindy Sherman work in which, she says, represents the “male gaze?”

14. In the 1960’s, what types of art were at their heights?

15. What statement does Eva Hesse make about her art?

16. How does a Performance art event  show evidence that it has taken place? 

17. Chris Ofili explores traditional themes and approaches with cross-cultural eyes.  What is his background and how is his work described?

18. Barbara Kruger’s work takes on the slick design of contemporary advertising.  What seems to be her principle aim?

19. How does Faith Ringgold address issues of gender and racism in her work?