Jeopardy Game on Modernism and Art Concepts

Andy Warhol

He made artwork for the masses, making iconic silkscreens of celebrities like Marilyn Monroe and Elizabeth Taylor.

Clement Greenberg

He thought Pop Art reduced 'high brow' art to 'low brow' status.

Readymades

These works questioned 'what is art?' and 'who decides?', and exalted everyday objects to the position of art objects.

Kitsch

Art considered to be in poor taste because of excessive garishness or sentimentality, but sometimes appreciated in an ironic or knowing way.

Jeff *****

He makes 'kitschy' parodies like Michael Jackson and Bubbles and Balloon Dog.

Photography's impact on art

A reason the camera changed the art world: reduced the requirement of painting to share historical or narrative truth.

Realism

This style of painting was a requirement for the sharing of history and narrative before the invention of photography.

Barthes in Camera Lucida

He asks, 'is photography always truthful?'

Surrealist photography

What does surrealist photography make us question? Truth and fiction.

Jeff Wall - Dead Troops Talk

This work makes us question the truth in documentary photography, and asks, 'at what point does photography become propaganda?'

Video Art Display Venues

Cinema, television and installation

First Events Captured with Video Art

Civil Rights movement, The Vietnam war controversy, Feminist movement, Politics, drugs, and rock'n'roll

Artist of 'Ever is Over All'

Who is Pipilloti Rist

Artist of 'The Greeting'

Who is Bill Viola

Unique Aspects of Video Art

Documentary, Utilizes multiple senses, Gives more direct voice to artists of marginalized identities/activist, Allows for more immersive installations

Difference Between Parody and Pastiche

Parody mocks an original style or work (humor), Pastiche is sometimes an homage, often utilizes irony but in a more serious manner, Pastiche sometimes lacks direct reference to the source material

Yo Mama's Last Supper Reference

The Last Supper, Leonardo DaVinci, 1495-1498

Define Formalism

The evaluation of a piece of work based on its tangible, often skill-based qualities

Define Structuralism

The evaluation of a piece of work based on its wider social context

Greenberg's High Brow and Low Brow

Abstract Expressionism and Pop Art

Anne's Dog's Name

Who is Turnip?

Political Art Example

Many answers