AP Art History Unit 10 Flashcards (Global Contemporary)

The Gates

Christo and Jeanne Claude

Central Park, New York

Nylon/steel

2005

How to create meaningful art/how art responds/impact our relationship with the built environment (Public Art)

Vietnam Veterans Memorial

Maya Lin

Washington DC

Granite

1982

Healing place for family of veterans of the Vietnam War (Memorial)

Horn Players

Michel Basquiat

U.S.

Acrylic and oil

1983

Art for artists sake

Summer Trees

Song Su-nam

Korea

Ink on paper

1983

Telling the life of the literati (identity)

Androgyne

Magdaleria Abakanowick

Poland

Burlap

1985

Express the physical and spiritual condition of mankind (vulnerable human individuality)

A Book from the Sky

Xu Bing

China

Carved wood

1987-1991

Critique on meaninglessness of contemporary political language (Language-text in art)

Pink Panther

Jeff Koons

US

Glazed porcelain

1988

Highlights everything wrong with contemporary American consumer culture (Pop culture)

Untitled (#228) from the History Portraits series

Cindy Sherman

US

Photograph

1990

Female cliches

Dancing at the Louvre

Faith Ringgold

US

Acrylic on canvas, tie-dyed, pieced fabric boarder

1991

Narrative quilts (race and activism)

Trade

Jane Quick to see Smith

Native American

Oil and mixed media on canvas

1992

Socio-political commentary

Earths Creation

Emily Kame

Aboriginal Australian

Synthetic polymere paint on canvas

1994

Summoning rain (tradition)

Rebellious Silence

Shirin Neshat

Iran

Ink on photograph

1994

Examines complexities of women’s identities in the midst of a changing cultural landscape (Gender, identity, politics)

No Crying in the Barbershop

Pepon Osorio

Puerto Rico

Mixed media installation

1994

Challenging the idea of masculinity (stereotypes)

Pisupol ua Afe (Corned beef)

Michel Tuffrey

New Zealand Samoan

Flattened corn beef tins

1994

Ecological and population health issues

Electronic Superhighway

Nam June Paik

US

Tvs, neon tubing

1995

Referencing the transportation/communication online (New medium for the time)

The Crossing

Bill Viola

US

Screen/installation

1996

Perceived duality such as creation/destruction (Motion)

Guggenheim Museum Bilbao

Frank Gehry

Spain

Titanium, glass, and limestone

1997

Museum

Pure Land

Mariko Mori

Japan

Color photography on glass

1998

Digital art, sculpture, and photography

Lying with the Wolf

Kiki Smith

US

Ink on pencil and paper

2001

Connection with earthly/spiritual (Cycle of life)

Darkytown Rebellion

Kara Walker

US

Black cut paper silhouettes

2001

Race/gender

The Swing

Yinka

British-Nigerian

Patterned fabrics

2001

History

Old Man’s Cloth

El Anatsui

Africa

Aluminum and copper wire

2003

Cultural Identity

Stadia II

Julie Mehretu

Ethiopian-American

Ink and acrylic on canvas

2004

Urban environments

Preying Mantra

Wangechi Mutu

Kenya-America

Mixed media on mylar

2006

Commentary on the female persona in art history (Identity, gender, and cultural identity)

Shibboleth

Doris Salcedo

Columbian

Installation sculptor

2007-2008

Installation (Political)

MAXXI National Museum of XXI Century Arts

Zaha Hadid

Iraq

Glass, cement, and steel

2009

Museum

Kui Hua Zi (Sunflower seeds)

Al Weiwei

China

Sculpted and painted porcelain

2010-2011

Individualism vs collectivism (Installation)